The drive through northeast Wisconsin’s Forest County could get a bit bumpier starting next summer.
Faced with rising road maintenance costs and no increase to its $654,000 highway department budget from last year, the county may cut costs by simply pulverizing some deteriorating paved roads into a mix of gravel and asphalt.
“It’s expensive to do initially, but eventually, the cost is much lower to take care of them. It may get to that,” said John Rogers, Forest County highway commissioner.
Forest County is not alone, as more cash-strapped and rural counties and municipalities throughout Minnesota and Wisconsin consider suspending maintenance to paved roads or converting the surfaces to gravel-and-asphalt mixtures.
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