Let it Snow - or maybe not
It snowed last week and the ground looks so fresh and clean all covered in white. The roads on the other hand are a mess!
We had ice before the snow and the ice is still stuck to the pavement – well, at least here in St Charles County. Last night, while I-70 was closed, we drove from Kansas City to St Louis by way of Macon and Hannibal, Missouri. Those roads were cleaned and passable. There were even road graders out cleaning the shoulders of the highway, sections of which were only two lanes wide.
Why can’t the major highway get the top priority? That’s what the top priorities age says for the MODOT Road Conditions web page (click the title heading). So why was the biggest highway in the state closed when the rural roads were passable? And why is it that the ice and “crud” on the roads was not cleaned up in this county? When we drove back, it wasn’t until we reached the county line that the road condition deteriorated.
I am glad that MODOT is working on new highways and fixing the ones we have. I’m glad that they are committed to a better accounting of their funding. I am glad that we have a state with no toll roads. All this and one of the lowest gasoline tax rates in the country.
On the other hand, can’t they find someone on staff who knows what this white stuff is that we see in the winter and what to do to get it off the roads?
We had ice before the snow and the ice is still stuck to the pavement – well, at least here in St Charles County. Last night, while I-70 was closed, we drove from Kansas City to St Louis by way of Macon and Hannibal, Missouri. Those roads were cleaned and passable. There were even road graders out cleaning the shoulders of the highway, sections of which were only two lanes wide.
Why can’t the major highway get the top priority? That’s what the top priorities age says for the MODOT Road Conditions web page (click the title heading). So why was the biggest highway in the state closed when the rural roads were passable? And why is it that the ice and “crud” on the roads was not cleaned up in this county? When we drove back, it wasn’t until we reached the county line that the road condition deteriorated.
I am glad that MODOT is working on new highways and fixing the ones we have. I’m glad that they are committed to a better accounting of their funding. I am glad that we have a state with no toll roads. All this and one of the lowest gasoline tax rates in the country.
On the other hand, can’t they find someone on staff who knows what this white stuff is that we see in the winter and what to do to get it off the roads?
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