COLLINSVILLE, Ill. – Overall road conditions on St. Louis area highways and interstates in Illinois improved greatly on Monday compared to Missouri.
Snowplow drivers with the Illinois Department of Transportation had nearly all lanes clear with pavement markings visible as of mid-afternoon.
Side streets remained snow/slush/ice covered, but Joe Hamm, an IDOT snowplow driver, got off his overnight shift, caught some rest, and then started digging his and his neighbors’ driveways with a mini-bulldozer in Collinsville.
“I still enjoy it,” he said. “I’ve done it since I was a little kid working for my dad in construction, then went to IDOT, so I just keep going, helping people.”
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Progress is stark compared to Missouri. Page near I-170 in Overland was a mess Monday afternoon, with multiple stuck on the heavily snow-covered multi-lane highway. Beltline Road in Collinsville, similar in layout to Page, was nearly 100% clear by Monday afternoon. Illinois interstates were, too.