'Hamburger Charlie' displays a cut of the giant hamburger to the hungry audience at the Seymour Burgerfest in Seymour, Wi on August 14th, 2021. (Eating Normal)
SEYMOUR, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) — A popular Seymour summer event is postponed for the season due to road construction.
Home of the Hamburger (HOTH) board of directors have decided to hold off on the annual Burger Fest and Hot Air Balloon rally this year.
Roadwork includes reducing a section of WIS 54 from four lanes to three lanes in Seymour, adding a two way left turn lane within the city, increasing the paved shoulder and constructing two new roundabouts at the intersections of WIS 54/WIS 55 (Main Street) and WIS 54/County C/Ivory Street. In addition, the French Road bridge will also be closed for repair and detour routes are in place while the construction of the roundabouts and resurfacing work takes place.
“Out of an abundance of caution for the safety of the public, event volunteers and road crews, we’ve decided to postpone this year’s event,” explained HOTH Board President, Donnie Planert, Jr. “This was an incredibly difficult decision to make, but one we deemed appropriate for everyone’s safety given the large influx of visitors/traffic to our community during the event.”
Burger Fest will return to Seymour to celebrate all things burger and its 35th anniversary in 2025.
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