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Have you ever wondered how the use of snowplows is scheduled in winter storms?
The State Department of Highways and Transportation has a priority schedule for snow and ice removal which can be summed up briefly: roads and streets carrying the highest volume of traffic are the ones that will get the first attention.
To accomplish this, all routes in the state are assigned to one of the following priorities:
+ PRIORITY ONE: This includes all interstate routes, primary and arterial network roads with high traffic volumes and a few very high service secondary routes. Roads in priority one receive first consideration in the event of snowfall or icing conditions.
The objective is to keep these routes free of ice or snow so that traffic can continue safely without the use of chains, except during period of extremely heavy snowfall or drifting. Then it becomes a battle to the finish between man and the elements. Man always wins; it just takes a little longer. C. O. Leigh, state maintenance engineer for the department, said that if low temperatures prevent or
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