COLORADO (KREX) - The Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) has significantly reduced its snow plow driver vacancy rate from 30% to 11.3% statewide, marking the lowest level since 2020.

CDOT has improved its staffing levels for snow plow drivers, reducing the vacancy rate from 30% to 11.3% statewide.

"COVID really took the wind out of a sale. You know, we are sitting at 30% vacancy rate. So we started doing different initiatives from post COVID era when everybody was allowed to start coming back to work," said Shawn Smith, director for the Division of Maintenance and Operations at CDOT.

Smith explained that CDOT operates 900 snow plows with a workforce of 1,600. However, during major snow events, only about 800 plows can be operational due to 12-hour shifts and maintenance requir

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