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ALL OF THE CHALLENGES CAN BE
ADDRESSED HERE BEFORE YOU LEAVE
HOME, AND ALSO FOR THE FOLKS ON
THE GROUND, WANT TO DIRECT YOU
FLETCHER AVENUE.
THAT'S WHERE DUSTIN GROVE IS
KEEPING AN EYE ON TRAFFIC MOVING
ON THE ROAD.
Reporter: GOOD EVENING, ERIC.
-- 65 RUNNING PRETTY SMOOTHLY.
THE PAVEMENT PRETTY DRY THIS
MORNING.
90 DPW DRIVERS REPORTED FOR WORK
THIS AFTERNOON, THOUGH.
WHEN THE SNOW DOES START
FALLING, NOT EVERYBODY IS
COMPLAINING, ESPECIALLY THOSE
BUSINESS.
ON HIGHWAYS AND INTERSTATES
TODAY THE RAIN BEFORE THE SNOW.
I'M NOT READY FOR IT.
Reporter: BUT SNOWPLOW
DRIVERS LIKE THOSE HERE ARE.
AFTER LAST YEAR, THE FIRST SNOW
OF THIS SEASON CAN'T COME SOON
ENOUGH.
TOUGH.
Reporter: SNOW REMOVAL
UNPRECEDENTED.
THE FINANCIAL LOSS AT THIS
COMPANY ALONE, WELL OVER 50%.
THEY LOOKED FORWARD TO SPRING
DROUGHT.
WE WEREN'T ALLOWED TO PLANT
ANY LANDSCAPING BECAUSE OF THE
DROUGHT, AND THEN WHEN THE
WEATHER BROKE IT WAS JUST A SLAM
TO TRY TO GET EVERYTHING IN BY
THE END OF THE YEAR.
Reporter: EVERYONE IS HOPING
THIS YEAR IS DIFFERENT.
JUST CONSISTENT, YEAH, JUST
WINTER.
Reporter: SO SNOW REMOVAL
COMPANIES ALONG WITH THE
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS HERE
IN INDIANAPOLIS, AND STATE ROAD
CREWS ALL ON STAND BY.
INDOT WAS GOING TO TRY TO GET
OUT AND PRETREAT SOME OVERPASSES
AND BRIDGES, BUT THEY WERE
LOANING THAT WOULD GET ENOUGH
TIME BETWEEN WHEN THE RAIN
STOPPED AND THE SNOW STARTED TO
DO THAT.
I HAVE A CALL IN TO THEM TO SEE
IF THEY WERE ABLE TO DO THAT.
MORE TONIGHT AT 6:00.
LIVE DOWNTOWN, DUSTIN GROVE, 24
HOUR NEWS 8.
ALL RIGHT.
THANK YOU, DUSTIN.
OUR FORECAST 8 TEAM IS TRACK