The Ellis County Press: TxDOT mobilizing 44 snow plows

TxDOT mobilizing 44 snow plows
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Megan Gray on 02/04/2011 12:20:00


The Texas  Department of Transportation  is bringing in 44 additional  snowplows
from West Texas and Childress areas, more than doubling the  snowplow effort in
Dallas and Tarrant Counties to 74 plows.
This effort  will bring more than  50 additional personnel, bringing the
personnel totals  in the Dallas and Fort Worth Districts to approx. 600 working
this  winter storm.
TxDOT crews are  using the snowplows to remove the top layer of snow, then
following  behind with magnesium chloride to melt the rem  aining ice and snow.
TxDOT crews have been working 24/7 for five days  to make the roadways as safe
as possible for motorists and will continue  to do so until this winter snow and
ice storm is over.