![]() ![]() While the Town of Wheatland Highway Department works tirelessly to control snowy and icy road conditions, note that it is not the policy of the Town Highway Department to provide continually bare roads. The town highway department also removes dead animals from town and county roads, cleans debris and silt from rear yard drainage systems, provides signage for town roads, mows road right-of-ways, and periodically sweeps the roads' surface clean.ĭuring the winter season, Town of Wheatland plow and salt trucks provide snow and ice control for over 150 lane miles of roads within the Town limits with the goal of maintaining roads in the Town in a passable driving condition for the motoring public in a safe, cost effective manner with motorist safety, budget constraints and Highway Department employee safety in mind. Preventative Maintenance such as surface treating provides a new wearing surface and limits infiltration of water that degrades the road’s structure.Ĭapital Improvement involves the rehabilitation of the entire road, such as recycling the road surface and/or application of new asphalt. Routine Maintenance that may include processes such as patching and sealing cracks to help to maintain reliability of road surfaces before they become problems. There are three major categories of highway maintenance and improvement activities for Town roads: The Highway Department works diligently to provide residents and all other users of Town roads with high quality, economically efficient road maintenance, and improvement. It is the objective of the Town of Wheatland to maintain and improve its more than 42 lane miles of Town roads for safe, convenient, and enjoyable travel by motor vehicles as well as for recreational use by horse, bicycle, or pedestrians. ![]()
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