Name: Beaver Island issues a snow-plowing roadway-safety warning, 2013
Start: 2013-12-12
End: 2013-12-12
Location: Beaver Island

Beaver Island issues a snow-plowing roadway-safety warning, 2013

Also Beaver Island snow ridges public roadway warning 2013 · Beaver Island snow-plowing safety notice 2013

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TypeEvent

Date2013-12-12

WithinBeaver Island

ErasModern era

Event

Date: 2013-12-12
Kind: Public notice
Where: Beaver Island
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: wintertransportationpublic-safetyroads
Within: Beaver Island

Summary

In December 2013, a Beaver Island forum notice reminded residents not to leave snow ridges or push snow and slush into public roadways, describing the practice as a visibility and traffic hazard.

Evidence limits

The forum preserves a contemporaneous safety reminder and an attribution to Michigan law and MDOT. The exact statute, enforcement record, and identity of the road crew are not established here.

Sources

Gillespie, "SNOW PLOWING regulations," Beaver Island Forum, December 12, 2013.
Notice attributed guidance to Michigan law and MDOT, warning about snow banks at driveway ends and snow or slush left on road surfaces; a reply supplied personal enforcement context. The thread does not identify the exact statute or document a citation/enforcement action.
forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 07 · t007051

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Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island issues a snow-plowing roadway-safety warning, 2013”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-snowplowing-public-roadway-safety-notice-2013/, accessed [date], citing Gillespie, "SNOW PLOWING regulations," Beaver Island Forum, December 12, 2013..

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