Many folks don't associate snow with Arizona but there can be lots of it particulary in the northern areas and at higher elevations. Not so much in Phoenix area where we are! Here's how the Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) had fun when they brought 3 new snowplows into their fleet of 200 or so state wide!
Department of Transportation announces
Name-A-Snowplow contest winners
Fans of the pun are sure to be pleased. After counting nearly 7,000 votes, the winning snowplow names are "Alice Scooper," "Snowguaro" and "Frost Responder," ADOT announced in a November news release.
The names will be added to the driver and passenger side doors of the three vehicles, and they will each be utilized in different parts of the state, the department said.
“'Alice Scooper' will be stationed at an ADOT maintenance yard in Flagstaff, 'Snowguaro' will patrol highways near Superior, Ariz., and 'Frost Responder’ will, uh, respond to winter weather from its soon-to-be-home in Page, Ariz," ADOT said.
According to ADOT, Arizonans submitted almost 4,700 names in the first phase of the contest before the Department of Transportation narrowed it down to 15 finalists for people to vote on. The three winners beat out other names such as "Mt. Humpfreeze," "Flake-Forty-Eight" and "The Plowdalorian".
The Department of Transportation touted its inventory of 200 snowplows and close to 500 trained snowplow operators ready to deploy when snow falls.
"These snowplows and their skilled operators play major roles in clearing highways during and after winter storms, laying down de-icer prior to storms, and are even put to work during the spring, summer, and fall to push mud, boulders, and debris off highways after rain storms," ADOT said.
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