Opinion No. Oag 16-87, (1987)

PHILIP J. FREEBURG, District Attorney Langlade County

You request my opinion on two specific factual situations. First, you question whether the county highway department has authority to perform snow plowing on private property. The request for an opinion on that question was orally withdrawn after your review of section 86.105, Stats., and 67 Op. Att'y Gen. 304 (1978). Second, you request my opinion as to whether the county highway department has authority to perform ditching and culvert work on private land, at cost, when the work is unrelated to highway maintenance. You state that such…