BROWN COUNTY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) – State transportation department crews are now providing free roadside assistance on a major area highway for drivers who become stranded on I-43 in Brown and Manitowoc Counties.
The program is staffed with uniformed officers who work with contracted towing companies.
The service includes: providing fuel, changing flat tires, battery jump starts and assisting with traffic control.
The program works while road projects, including construction, along I-43 in those counties.
The D-O-T’s Mark Kantola tells WLUK….
“We don’t use freeway service teams on all of our projects, we only use them when it’s a very impactful highway with lots of traffic on it. We want to have a resource there to make sure that you can get a tow truck or help out to you right away.”
This isn’t a first…
The DOT has deployed freeway service teams in the past along the I-41 construction project and currently on the 441 project in the Fox Valley.
