Politics & Government

Highway Department Has a Big Job

There are tons of roads in town.

This week, we look at all the miles of roads around the town and who owns them.

With town with a little more than 20 miles of roads, 20.78 square miles to be exact, the town has almost 275 miles of roads owned by the following:

Who owns it: Amount:

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State Roads: 18.41 miles

Town Roads:  150.47 miles

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Private Roads:  13.07 miles

Subdivision:  4.77 miles

Now, that's a lot of roads to care for—hats off to the town's highway department.

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