Over the past few weeks, the Town of Webb Snowmobile Trail Maintenance crew has been busy working on, and re-working trails throughout town.
But according to Tim Pylman, Snowmobile Trail Maintenance Crew foreman, their efforts have been successful largely because of the cooperative efforts of the Town Board, Highway and Water Departments, the Noonan family, and a generous Eagle Bay resident.
“The Town Board was very helpful in approving payment for the excavating equipment that we lease every year to maintain the trails,” Pylman said.
Additionally, he said, the work could not be completed without the help of Casey Crofut and the Highway Department who have helped to tow the excavating machinery to the trails for the Snowmobile Department, and the Noonan family who have allowed Trail #1 to be moved onto their land to allow for better trail conditions.
In the past, Pylman said, Trail #1 cut across a section of hill that was extremely hard to maintain. It hardly ever had a solid base, no matter what the snow conditions, he said.So, this year, the Noonans agreed to allow the trail to cross their land, which should make the trail safer and better packed with snow in the winter.
In addition to maintaining and clearing the Snowmobile Trails, the Trail Maintenance crew works together with the Highway Department to help with mowing and clearing the brush from the roadsides within the Town of Webb, as well as maintaining the North Street Soccer Field.
Pylman acknowledges Councilman Mike Ross for helping to coordinate the efforts to replace the sod near the goal lines on the soccer field and the Town Board for approving the maintenance, lime and installation.
The sod itself was donated by Eagle Bay resident Tim McMichaels, and Kent Massecar of the Waste Water Treatment Plant has taken on the responsibility of watering the field, Pylman said.
