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THE HIGHWAYS which offer the highest degree of service are the ones which will be cleared first of ice and snow during a winter storm, a Department of Highways official explains.
Interstate and arterial routes would obviously have top priority, but even some secondary roads rate equally as high when it comes to plowing away the ice and snow.
C. O. Leigh, state maintenance engineer for the Department of Highways, who recently announced the widespread preparations for snow removal all over the state, said that the “degree of service” which a road gives is the key is establishing priorities for snow removal.
A number of factors are taken into consideration in determining the “degree” — or importance — of service, it was pointed out.
Traffic volumes, the locations of industry and other centers of employment,
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