With snow and ice storms in three of the last five weeks, the Guthrie County Secondary Roads Department has been stuck leaving their equipment in winter mode.

County Engineer Josh Sebern says they continue to have a good supply of sand and salt, so they are prepared if any more winter weather comes their way. He mentions in between snows, the crews have been working on gravel roads which are in dire straits. Sebern tells Raccoon Valley Radio that before crews can get those roads completely repaired, they’ll need to get some more gravel.

“Normally we would have a pretty good stockpile in our yard. However, we’ve been hauling to the roads. Never before have we hauled as much rock during the winter to the roads. So we don’t have a stockpile right now, though we do have gravel if need be. But the quarries, I know they’re crushing and producing limestone, so I’m not too worried about that.”

Sebern advises that the road crews are trying to do what they can at the moment, but that they only have a few hours each morning to work on the roads before the frost melts and they’re unable to do the work that they need to.