Columbia County, Wisconsin

MARK YOUR CALENDARS AND 

PLAN TO ATTEND THE NEXT MEETING OF THE 

TRAFFIC SAFETY COMMISSION

The Traffic Safety Commission sub-committee presented a report and supported SOME of our requests.  Although there have been very few (if any) incidents since the county roads were opened in 2022, we are still meeting resistance from this ADVISORY AD HOC commission.

While we will not be formally requesting the remaining requests until the August 2025 meeting, residents of Dekorra, Lodi and West Point townships need to continue to attend these quarterly meetings in an effort to reinforce the support for these requests. An Open Records request has been made to receive a copy of the full report from the sub committee which was used to evaluate each request. This will allow us to be better prepared for our next round of requests.

The next time this committee meets is:

Columbia County Traffic Safety Commission  •  9:30 am Friday, November 8th 

@ C.C. Law Enforcement Center, Portage, John Roche Room

Please join us to support the requests to open segments of county highways. 

The CCAUE club has made 10 requests to the county to open segments of county highways.  They were discussed at the Traffic Safety Commission Meeting in May. This meeting is the first of three meetings that must vote to approve any new openings (TSC, Highway Committee, County Board). Though there will not be public input and the TSC meeting, a presence of enthusiast is important. Although 5 of our requests were granted, we still did not receive approval of key segments in Lodi township. Any requests which included sections where the speed limits are already 35 mph were approved (thus the causeway will now be open to cross and County V by Hookers Resort will also be open). County V (Porkchop Hill) between Richards Rd and Ryan Rd is still closed to atv/utv use. 

The 10 requests are to better connect communities to family, friends, food and fuel and are shown on the map. In the SW part of the county there are requests for parts of highway V, J, Q, and CS to provide adequate connections between the communities of West Point, Okee, Lodi, Harmony Grove, Tipperary, Dekorra and Poynette. In the NW, the request will allow better connection of the Portage area and Marquette County. In the NE, the requests will allow passage north /south across highway P.