County Officials Tout Winter Preps at Annual Snow Summit (VIDEO)

Remember Jonas? That snowstorm dumped a record amount of snow on Montgomery County last winter, and it also prompted some changes that were unveiled at this year’s Snow Summit. MyMCMedia’s Sonya Burke reports.

Snow Operations Center is key to managing operations and tracking weather and road conditions pic.twitter.com/npYanzIgtU

— MCDOT (@MCDOTNow) November 2, 2016

MCDOT has 200-250 staff, 175 pieces of equipment, and contractors that remove snow pic.twitter.com/ldnQhV7Lf1

— MCDOT (@MCDOTNow) November 2, 2016

Residents can enter their address to get info about status of plowing operations & status of facilities & services pic.twitter.com/C2PVKIyUsk

— MCDOT (@MCDOTNow) November 2, 2016

DTS Director Sonny Segal discusses launch of new snow portal with all info, that can handle 10s of 1000s of hits pic.twitter.com/ZBL3SkMRpv

— MCDOT (@MCDOTNow) November 2, 2016

Another new test this year is testing salt brine as a road treatment in sensitive watersheds to further reduce salt pic.twitter.com/b4DnAFZPfH

— MCDOT (@MCDOTNow) November 2, 2016

Highway Division Chief Richard Dorsey says preparing for storms begins at the end of winter thru the start of season pic.twitter.com/Y0GdW9bQ2r

— MCDOT (@MCDOTNow) November 2, 2016

This year MCDOT is ramping up efforts to clear County sidewalks, bus stops and bike paths pic.twitter.com/JEIDsD6fDu

— MCDOT (@MCDOTNow) November 2, 2016

MCDOT’s number one priority during storms is the public’s safety pic.twitter.com/CoSixeoSjk

— MCDOT (@MCDOTNow) November 2, 2016

Staff is on the front lines – and you do good work pic.twitter.com/L6yHFtXCbu

— MCDOT (@MCDOTNow) November 2, 2016

CCM Roger Berliner said we are judged by the way we respond to snow pic.twitter.com/kkNapcMHfM

— MCDOT (@MCDOTNow) November 2, 2016

Last year, during Storm Jonas, Leggett said that staff delivered on his promise of getting snow removed w/in days pic.twitter.com/9xVBTEmuxD

— MCDOT (@MCDOTNow) November 2, 2016

The people on the front lines is what’s the most important thing – and it’s a very difficult job. pic.twitter.com/9RNybJ6e5O

— MCDOT (@MCDOTNow) November 2, 2016

CE Leggett says that residents expect excellent service when it comes to snow pic.twitter.com/W1imF7wis0

— MCDOT (@MCDOTNow) November 2, 2016

CE Leggett told MCDOT at he start of his first term that when it comes to snow, failure is not an option pic.twitter.com/J1aBBQ5Yi1

— MCDOT (@MCDOTNow) November 2, 2016

MCDOT Director Al Roshdieh kicks off Snow Summit pic.twitter.com/ReX928x3Zy

— MCDOT (@MCDOTNow) November 2, 2016

Snow summit about to begin. pic.twitter.com/VEPdzjEMto

— MCDOT (@MCDOTNow) November 2, 2016

About Sonya Burke

Sonya Burke is the Multimedia Manager at Montgomery Community Media (MCM). You can email story ideas at sburke@mymcmedia.org or reach her on Twitter @SonyaNBurke.

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