Did you know the Portland Bureau of Transportation (PBOT) owns and operates 56 snowplows? For the past month and a half, Portlanders have submitted and voted on snowplow names for five of PBOT's 56 snowplows. Read more about the contest on our website: https://www.portland.gov/transportation/maintenance/events/2024/12/23/pbot-snowplow-naming-contest-winter-2024-2025
When PBOT responds to snow and ice, crews are in 24-hour emergency response operations, working 12-hour shifts. But for the rest of the year, snowplow drivers work a variety of jobs: maintaining gravel streets, paving roads, filling potholes, driving sweeper trucks for street cleaning and Leaf Day operations and more! …...more
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