Maryland highway officials said they have spent about $50 million so far clearing and treating roads this winter. That’s almost twice the $26 million that had been budgeted.
The Virginia Department of Transportation said it already spent the $79 million budgeted for statewide snow removal and was tapping into emergency maintenance funds. Once that $25 million reserve is exhausted, the department said it will have to dip into other programs to cover its costs.
For those of us watching the flakes come down here in the mid-Atlantic region, just to note that snow removal is not cheap. Also, Ilya has had to cancel a housewarming party for a second time due to snow … I think we need to consider going beyond correlation to cause. Russians attract snow. There’s nothing else it could be.