SUMTER, S.C. (WIS) - After decades of complaints about impassible dirt roads in rural Sumter County, council has voted to step in.

In a 5-2 decision on Tuesday night, Sumter County Council approved the third and final reading of an ordinance that allows the county to take over ownership and provide maintenance for certain private roads.

The measure is aimed at addressing deteriorating conditions on roads like Glover Lane and Wilfred Drive in Rembert.

For residents like Howard and Frances Bennett, the change is long overdue. The short drive from their home on Glover Lane to the main road has been a headache for years.

“It takes us literally three minutes to go two-tenths of a mile,” Howard Bennett said. “You can travel at 60 miles per hour, you can do a mile a minute. And it takes us th

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