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resulting in tne county s public schools closing 11 days so far in the 1981-82 school year. According to Askew, it’s “the same old story...No matter what the financial status of the highway department, we cannot possibly afford to spread chemicals on secondary roads statewide. We do put abrasives and salt on hills and curves of secondary roads where you physically can’t get up but people have to prepare themselves for travel (using snow tires and chains). We just can’t do it for them,” the resident engineer said.
Once snow removal funds allocated to the county are exhausted, the highway department will "keep spending,” Askew noted, explaining that the shortfall for snow removal will have to
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