Road clearing questions asked

An Odessa resident asked The Record last week, after several inches of snow had fallen, why his early morning trip to a Spokane hospital, where his wife was to have minor surgery, was so treacherous and slow. In Odessa itself, he said, the major streets had been plowed and sanded. As he made his way on SR 28, he noticed that most county roads off to the side had also been tended to. The state road he was traveling, however, was a different story.

Did the state not have enough employees to get the major roadways cleared, he wondered. The Record was unable to answer his questions, and with the b...