MassDOT speaks on preparations for first snow of season

The Massachusetts Department of Transportation MassDOT spoke to NEWS about the preparations they ve taken for keeping the roads safe ahead of the first snowfall on the season MassDOT stated they ve been preparing for the first snowfall for months now Really since the summer we ve been filling up our depots making sure we have enough salt or medication methods and making sure our plows are in good order Jonathan Gulliver MassDOT administrator mentioned So we re in good shape now We have about pieces of equipment available We don t expect to use anywhere near that amount for this size storm but we ll apparently get a half to two-thirds of it out of its peak But we ve been ready for this Had selected pretreatment out the last day across the state so we re ready to go with whatever we get