Permanent snow fences are typically constructed of wooden slats positioned horizontally or vertically, leaving about an 8 to 10-inch open space at the bottom, with posts constructed of treated ...

The Riverhead Highway Department has received top honors in a statewide invention competition for a device its workers use to ...

Snow fences may help save money, lives, and the environment 04:18. BIRD ISLAND, Minn. – Minnesota spends close to $100 million every year to clear snow and ice from state roads.

MnDOT awarded $13.7 million to install snow fences on I-94 The federal grant will fund the installation of 24 miles of snow fence across 38 sites along the 120-mile stretch of Interstate 94 ...

Incoming snow storm scenarios. There are two possible scenarios with this system, and this is also why we meteorologists will give such wide ranges of snowfall amounts.

An SUV crashed through a fence and splashed into a swimming pool on Cape Cod Saturday morning. It happened at 10 a.m. at 58 ...

Living snow fences (LSF) can mitigate blowing snow problems, reduce the cost of highway maintenance and improve highway safety. LSF are rows of trees or shrubs that perform the same function as wooden ...

The cost to build and then deconstruct actual snow fences across the county, at $5.03 per foot, would cost the county a total of $357,366.45, which includes labor and equipment.

A portion of the living snow fence is pictured along Minnesota Highway 23 between Hawick and Paynesville. The 3.3 miles of living snow fence was started in 2024 and complete in the spring of 2025.

The cost to build and then deconstruct actual snow fences across the county, at $5.03 per foot, would cost the county a total of $357,366.45, which includes labor and equipment.