Show Winter Wint r Road Upkeep Plan To Save Annually As a result of the highway maintenance study being conducted conducted con con- ducted in cooperation with Roy Jorgensen Associates a professional pro engineering consulting firm and the Highway Department Depart ment meat Maintenance Division there will be some dramatic changes in state highway whiter win ter maintenance operations starting this year The results of the Jorgensen Report were highly praised by the Road Commission who has worked closely with the consulting engineering engineering en en- firm for several months According to Blaine Blame J. J Kay State Highway Engineer the change in operations will hardly hardly hard hard- ly be noticeable to the motoring motoring motor motor- ing public but it will increase service and greatly assist in controlling costs during the winter months EACH mal maintenance crew has a definite maintenance area assigned and each equipment operator is assigned to a definite definite de de- finite section of road in that area to be maintained stated Mr Kay and the assigned mileage will not bemore than can be exp expeditiously handled We h v alie dyt sted this plan and have found it to be bevery bevery bevery very satisfactory and work work- able We anticipated that the plan as outlined in detail by bythe bythe bythe the Jorgensen Report will result result re reo sult in a annual saving for winter maintenance In accordance with the Jorgensen Jorgensen Jorgensen Jor Jor- gensen Report the highway department has reorganized its supply and equipment service for each road JIM WEST highway maintenance maintenance main main- engineer explained that all roads on the state highway highway high high- way system have hav been reclassified reclassified reclassified re re- classified to reflect differing degrees of effort and types of If treatment required The Jorgensen consulting engineering engineering en en- firm is also making intensive studies of the highway departments department's patching operations operations oper oper- weed and erosion control con can and other maintenance operations op op- These studies are expected to create additional savings in the highway maintenance maintenance maintenance main main- program Also the Jorgensen firm is studying the departments department's training training train train- ing program for foremen and equipment operators Each year the highway department conducts a four day maintenance ance training school in each of the six districts Experts are brought rought in from equipment companies com com- and foremen operators and shop mechanics are trained trained trained train train- ed in the techniques and use of new equipment |