Leave the roads unplowed?

I thought of an icy patch I hit in the dark last night on Sherburne County Road 9 when I read this Dan Gunderson piece at MPRNewsQ this morning.

The biggest single expense in Baldwin Township's budget has to do with the 80 miles of roads the township maintains. What if nobody plowed them?

As Dan's story reveals, Nordick Township in Wilkin County in northwest Minnesota has fewer than half the road miles Baldwin does -- 32. This winter they're plowing only eight of those miles and relying on residents' four-wheel drive vehicles and tractors to solve the problem.

Is that an option for budget-strapped Baldwin or anybody else?

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