Klamath County, Ore. – While many are getting ready for a relaxing holiday weekend, road crews in southern Oregon are gearing up for snow season.
Imagine plowing snow from Klamath Falls to San Diego.
That’s a regular challenge faced by Klamath County Public Works Director Jeremy Morris. “Klamath County has approximately 850 miles of paved, and gravel roads under our jurisdiction.”
It takes a lot of work to prepare the county’s 30 plows and sanders for winter.
“We make a maintenance run through all of our equipment.” Notes Morris. “Replacing fan belts, and changing the oil.”
Morris adds that work hours at the road shop can hinge on a weather report. “Some of our snow plow routes are over 100 miles long – and we start those sometimes at 4:am in the morning, and it takes all day to get to the end of them.”
Priority roads can be found on the Klamath County website: http://www.klamathcounty.org/733/Roads
“We actually have our snow plow routes on there, and the level of service that you can expect during storms.” Says Morris.
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