Wednesday, October 20, 2021

You WILL STAY HOME!!!-----Snow plow drivers plagued with issues before winter season

Snow plow drivers plagued with issues before winter season--
Ruta Ulcinaite
MICHIGAN...Local road commissions begin prepping for winter weather in the summer months, and what they're seeing is already raising concern.
  • "The issue that we are personally seeing is a lot of retirement," Muskegon County Road Commission maintenance superintendent, Andrew Nichols said.
  • The Muskegon County Road Commission hires seasonal drivers months before the first snowfall, drivers that come back year after year. Except this year, the return rate is much lower all across the state...
  • However, a shortage of drivers isn't the main concern as it's more manageable. What's less manageable is the spread of COVID-19.
  • Another issue heading into winter? Not a salt shortage, but yet another supply shortage in a pandemic world - machine parts and the microchips that have caused dealerships to not have enough cars...Read all.

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