MADISON — West Bend Republican Senator Glenn Grothman says he plans to introduce legislation that would give the Wisconsin Department of Transportation the authority to set salting and snow removal standards for the City of Madisonâ??s main arterials. Under the proposed bill, all other cities, villages, and towns around the state will continue to set their own standards.
Grothman says that while the snowstorm that walloped Madison on December 9 and 10 was unique, the road conditions in Madison were not. In his experience, when roads within Madison city limits are impassible, roads outside of Madison and in other communities are not. He says that since only a small percentage of Madison streets are main arterials, the extreme aversion to using salt should stop.
“The State of Wisconsin has chosen Madison as its State Capitol and home to its largest university. It is the responsibility of the City to maintain its roads in winter — something they’ve shown they cannot do,” said Grothman.