Friday, December 30, 2011

Snowplow drivers eager to get rolling

After dealing with a stretch of unusually warm winter weather, Isabella County Road Commission drivers are about to get their first big test of the winter. The National Weather Service has issued a winter weather advisory for today, with 2 to 5 inches of heavy, wet snow expected to make travel a challenge. On Thursday, only light snow was falling as workers at the road commission garage were doing welding work on plows. Road Commission Superintendent Jim Pohl said drivers were just happy to get ready to test the winter equipment. Drivers admitted that given the unseasonably warm weather of late fall and early winter, they were anxious to get from pothole repair mode to plow and salt mode.

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