ST. LOUIS – In the wake of Monday’s winter storm, in a press conference held earlier around noon, the Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT) announced that it was caught off guard in preparedness.
“Our expectation was that this was coming in at 4 p.m. this afternoon. So, we didn’t get out there. If we would have known it was coming at noon, we would have got them out there as soon as possible,” said MoDOT Maintenance Engineer Bob Becker earlier on Monday.
With a second round of snow hitting the St. Louis region Monday evening, travels continue to be impacted across the region. Before the second snowfall came tonight, FOX 2 spoke with MoDOT officials on why crew members were caught off guard earlier in today’s weather.
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According to MoDOT, the sudden change in forecast shifted the department’s plan they initially had in place, impacting their preparedness in pre-treating the roads prior to the first round of snowfall Monday…