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Archive Home > 2007 > December > 21 > Icy, snowy roads meet their match

Icy, snowy roads meet their match

Two-man ODOT team takes on the weather

By Peter Sachs / The Bulletin
December 21, 2007

David McConnell has only had to chain up his snowplow three times in his 10 years with the Oregon Department of Transportation.

The rest of the time, whether driving on ice, packed snow or slush, his 25-ton plow handles just fine, even as he watches cars slide off the road while trying to pass....

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