Heavy snowfall with big piles of accumulation on trees and around a home on a hillside - Vawiley/Getty Images If you're a skier, you've probably noticed the plastic mesh fences which are often set up ...

DILWORTH — Meet the humble snow fence—it’s one of the tricks the Minnesota Department of Transportation has up its sleeves to help combat the snow, other than just sending out more plows. Now, if you ...

Snow fences play an important role in road safety during the winter, reducing drifting and improving visibility. During and after a snow storm, blowing and drifting snow can quickly pile up on the ...

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Recent snow storms provided the Minnesota Department of Transportation with the first significant snow and wind event to test the structural and vegetative snow fences that were installed along ...

Winter doesn't always arrive quietly and politely. No, sometimes it slams into your yard with icy elbows and a wicked grin. One heavy snowfall can turn a proud, straight fence into a leaning mess of ...

MOORHEAD — A federal grant will allow the Minnesota Department of Transportation to install snow fences on Interstate 94 between Moorhead and Alexandria, making the road safer and more consistent for ...

“When did the state stop using the snow fences that used to be up back in the ’60s, maybe into the ’70s? Victor Tamanini Mountville Dear Victor: The moon has made several hundred tours around the sun ...

Sometimes all that stands between motorists and blowing snow is eight rows of corn. But that corn can help, said Craig Bargfrede, winter operations administrator for the Iowa Department of ...

MANITOWOC COUNTY (WLUK) -- New asphalt and concrete are not the only upgrades underway on Interstate-43 in Manitowoc and Brown counties. As part of a nearly $24 million project, more than 15 miles of ...

If you're a skier, you've probably noticed the plastic mesh fences which are often set up alongside the slope. These are temporary snow fences, designed to reduce wind speeds so snow drifts don't take ...