While temperatures are anticipated to climb over Thanksgiving holiday, workers in the southeastern Kentucky transportation office are still preparing for snow removal duties. Les Dixon is with the District 11 office. He says preparations have been underway for several weeks. “We’ve been inspecting the snow plows since October along with calibrating the salt spreading equipment,” said Dixon. “We’ve also been developing snow storm response procedures to keep our district 11 state roads passable during inclement weather.”
Dixon says last year’s relatively heavy snow total did not prompt officials to drastically change their removal approach this year. The District 11 snow crews will be attending to state roads in Bell, Knox, Harlan, Whitley, Clay, Laurel, Leslie, and Jackson counties. It doesn’t appear snow plows will be needed during the Thanksgiving holiday weekend. Temperatures are predicted to be unseasonably warm throughout the end of the week.?
