GARY â Up until this point, the city s General Services had been making do with its small fleet of snowplows to cover all of the city s 400 miles of roadways.
After two of its snowplows broke down, the city was down to one, single large snowplow truck, plus seven Ford F-550 pickup trucks outfitted with plows and salt spreaders, according to Deputy Mayor Trent McCain.Â
This week s near-historic snowfall event â that brought more than a foot of snow to many areas of the city and Region â prompted Gary officials to bite the bullet make a $180,000 emergency purchase for a second snowplow truck.Â
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