CDOT Has Snowplows Ready for Next Winter Blast in Northern Colorado

Coming off last weekend’s snowstorm, Colorado Department of Transportation maintenance crews are ready for another round of winter weather in northeastern Colorado through the weekend with more plow trucks on the road.

A CDOT spokesman said in a press release, “We want to remind driver to be ready for adverse weather and to please drive carefully and watch out for our plow drivers.”

 Here is a breakdown of the equipment in each of the maintenance areas throughout northeastern Colorado:

Greeley Maintenance Area

The Greeley Maintenance Area includes patrols in: Fort Lupton (3 plows), Gilcrest (4 plows), Greeley West (4 plows), Greeley East (5 plows), Pierce (5 plows), Hudson (5 plows) and Wiggins (4 plows). The Greeley Area has 51 maintenance workers and 39 pieces of snow removal equipment (including 31 snowplows, 31 of which are equipped with *MDSS, and 1 tow plow).

Boulder Maintenance Area

The Boulder Maintenance Area includes patrols in: Estes Park (5 plows), Lyons (2 plows), Frederick (4 plows), Boulder (4 plows), Nederland (3 plows), Superior (7 plows) and Mead (4 plows). The Boulder Maintenance Area has 42 maintenance workers and 40 pieces of snow removal equipment (including 29 snowplows which carry sand/slicer for providing traction. 26 of which are equipped with MDSS, and 1 tow plow).

Brush Maintenance Area

The Brush Maintenance Area includes patrols in: Fort Morgan (5 plows), two in Brush (5 plows), Akron (4 plows), Yuma (4 plows), Wray (3 plows), Anton (3 plows) and Joes (3 plows). The Brush Area has 42 maintenance workers and 37 pieces of snow removal equipment (including 27 snowplows, 13 of which are equipped with MDSS, and 1 tow plow).

Loveland Maintenance Area

The Loveland Maintenance Area includes patrols in: Livermore (3 plows), Fort Collins (2 plows), Poudre Canyon (4 plows), Fort Collins (5 plows), Loveland (6 plows) and Wellington (5 plows). The Loveland Area has 40 maintenance workers and 37 pieces of snow removal equipment (including 25 snowplows, 21 of which are equipped with MDSS).

Sterling Maintenance Area

The Sterling Maintenance Area includes patrols in: New Raymer (4 plows), Sterling West (3 plows), Sterling East (6 plows), Crook (3 plows), Julesburg (5 plows) Haxtun (3 plows) and Holyoke (3 plows). The Sterling Area has 41 maintenance workers and 39 pieces of snow removal equipment (including 27 snowplows, 12 of which are equipped with MDSS, and 1 tow plow).