Are GPS programs making rural roads harder to maintain?

T.R.U.S.T.
Dec 11, 2024
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RFD-TV

Currey McCullough

December 11, 2024

What do you do when rural traffic starts to look like the city? A local Wisconsin Farm Bureau is looking to tackle the problem with GPS and rural roads.

“Living in rural America, we all know that the town budgets, township budgets, just aren’t there like the federal highways. So, what I’ve noticed over the years using GPS mapping such as Google Maps, is the majority of the people pick ‘fastest.’

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