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winter weather in portions of the State and a continuing emphasis on efficiency in operations as the chief reasons.
He pointed out that a maintenance management study made several years ago by the Department led to increased planning and expanded training for maintenance workers, and expressed the view that the Department is now seeing the results.
The total cost for the past winter included 82,936,859 for snow and ice control on the primary' system, SI,622.995 on the vast secondary system, and 8757,148 on the interstate system.
89.6%