County engineer outlines Norman area survey, microsurfacing and dust‑stabilization projects

Scott Miner, Winnebago County engineer, briefed supervisors on several secondary‑roads projects and maintenance tasks, including a property‑corner survey in the village of Norman, a four‑mile microsurfacing job on A38 and a two‑mile dust‑stabilization project on 150th.

Miner said the county hired a surveyor to identify property corners and right‑of‑way anomalies around Norman; field work is expected to take two to three days, after which the county will review written descriptions and determine what to retain for road purposes. The work is intended to clarify ownership and maintenance responsibilities along narrow or ambiguous roads.

The engineer said microsurfacing on A38 (from Leland to the Winnebago church) is tentatively scheduled for the week of June 15 and will be funded from TIF funds allocated to this add‑on project. He estimated the second phase (paving/reclamation) could run in the low hundreds of thousands of dollars and described the plan to apply work lane by lane to monitor performance.

On dust stabilization, Miner described a two‑mile treatment on 150th using a proprietary liquid product; staff confirmed the county has product on hand and said application typically uses about 12,000 gallons per mile (approximately 24,000 gallons for two miles) and proceeds roughly one mile per day, weather permitting.

Other maintenance items addressed included a buried tile in a ditch east of Main Street that crews plan to trench and clean, completion of Nelson‑Anders crossroad and ditch planting work, and concerns about aging wood box culverts that may require replacement or interim reinforcement. Staff said work orders will continue through mid‑July and larger construction projects will follow.

Next steps: survey notification to affected landowners for the Norman project, proceed with microsurfacing as scheduled (subject to weather), and continue maintenance and work‑order schedules into July.