GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ) – The Wisconsin DOT has reported 30 road buckling incidents statewide and ten in Northeast Wisconsin over the weekend, but that does not include residential streets.
Green Bay Public Works responded to two incidents of their own.
“We had a couple on West Mason Street, and because it is Mason street, it makes it a little more critical.”
Public Works Director Steve Grenier says that is due to the amount of traffic on a given day.
The possibility for road buckling is always there if the temperature crosses 90 degrees, but for the most part, traffic is able to get through it.
He says the fix is quick and easy, and you just never know when it is going to be needed.
“You know that once it gets that hot, you need to be on the lookout for it, but you simply can’t predict when or where it is going to happen.”
Grenier did say there is one place that he would rather not see buckling occur.
“If we’re to have something like that happen at a roundabout, I think that would be cause for concern because it is not like you can just shut one lane down.”
If you notice a road that has buckled, try to avoid driving over it, and if you must, go over slow and then report it to Public Works.
