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States struggle as snowplow driver shortage continues
10/22/2022 11:00:00 PM Missouri trained all snowplow operators on Thursday before the winter snows but they were 30% shy of their goal
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Missouri trained all snowplow operators on Thursday before the winter snows but they were 30% shy of their goal Missouri trained all snowplow operators on Thursday before the winter snows but they were 30% shy of their goal A survey by theshows that 84% of respondents reported higher to much higher snowplow operator vacancies than normal. Drivers need Commercial Drivers Licenses to operate snowplows. (Getty Images)Missouri is one of the states sweating out the impending snow. The Missouri Department of Transportation held its statewide winter weather drill on Thursday to give the plow drivers a dress rehearsal before a storm hits, but they were only able to train about two-thirds of the operators. "We had staffing shortages last season. We had about 15% of our needed operators weren't available. This year that's almost double," Becky Allmeroth, chief safety operations officer ofMoDOT, said Thursday. "So (we are) 30% short of all the operators that we need to do 2, 12-hour shifts. So it's going to be a real challenge." Read more:
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