Brent (Highway staff member) told the Dunn County Highway Committee on May 14 that crews have started this year’s pulverize-and-repave work, with active crews on sections of County Road G, County Road Y and County Road J and culverts already installed on many jobs.

“The projects are moving,” Brent said, listing pulverizing on County Road G from 25 to D, work at the corner between Quillings and Wall, pulverizing on County Road Y near the old Galley shop and culvert installations and 3-inch rock placement on County Road J. He said grading on County Road S is complete and that paving on S is scheduled for next week.

The update explained other routine spring activity: spray patching and crack sealing, PGR (vegetation) spraying in right-of-way — done in half the county this year — sweeping, and shoulder rock replenishment where reclaiming left shoulders thin. Staff noted some town-maintenance work and that state routes receive periodic county support.

Engineering staff warned one larger reconstruction — the County Road D/G project — could be delayed. The project requires additional right-of-way; appraisals have started on two parcels and, if landowners do not agree on compensation, the county may need to start condemnation proceedings. “If at the end of the month we don’t get things moving on it here, I’m gonna probably shut the project down for the year,” the staff member said.

The committee heard that portions of County Road G where right-of-way is secured — for example the stretch near Jakes Bridge south to Styers Farm — will proceed even if the full D/G corridor cannot this season. Staff said smaller advance tasks, such as placing culverts where real estate is complete, are possible while the remainder of the project is in abeyance.

Committee members asked about near-term traffic impacts; staff said paving and pulverizing will require local traffic controls but that the department coordinates schedules to minimize disruption. The department expects most current work to continue through the summer and will return to the committee with status updates.

Less-urgent items noted in the meeting included bridge structure inspections (a 20–foot to 6–20 foot structure inspection program with about 70 structures to review) and a pending bid result for the County Road V/Flaton Creek project that the county expected within a few days of the meeting.

For residents, the near-term takeaway is active road work across multiple county roads this spring; for larger reconstruction on County Road D/G, progress depends on completing land purchases or, failing that, starting condemnation and deferring construction.