We never know when winter weather is going to hit, and DOT engineer Tony Gustafson says they have the prep work done if the plow drivers are called on to hit the roadways.
“Our maintenance staff and our fleet of 900 maintenance trucks are calibrated for winter, whenever that shows up,” he says. Gustafson told the Transportation Commission they still have a few more temporary winter positions to fill. “We’ve hired over 300 temporary C-D-L snowplow operators. We hope to get north of 400 for our temporary help to supplement our 1,100 permanent staff,” Gustafson says.
He says the salt piles are full and the salt brine is also ready.
