Recruiting plow drivers, preparing for winter travel and the view from the cab

Talking Michigan Transportation · Nov 2, 2021 · 28m

As early-November snow accumulates in Michigan, this week’s Talking Michigan Transportation podcast includes conversations about preparing for winter.

First, Mark Geib, MDOT engineer of operations and administrator of statewide maintenance programs, talks about the efforts of MDOT and other road agencies to recruit and train snowplow operators during a pandemic-related work force shortage.

Geib says he and others are looking for ways to reduce the 450,000 tons of salt MDOT uses each year at a cost of about $30 million per year.

Later, veterans of MDOT maintenance forces, Jerry Danforth and…