Governor Deval Patrick today visited the MassDOT Highway Operations Center (HOC) to thank employees for their continuing role during the Blizzard of 2013. Operator stations and the MassDOT Storm Desk were manned 24/7 during blizzard. The Storm Desk is tasked with logging the equipment, personnel and snow plow vendors working to treat and clear highways across the Commonwealth. Before and during the height of the storm, the HOC worked to program highway message boards around the Commonwealth to provide critical travel information. Operators continue to monitor storm recovery operations and are dispatching snow removal crews and taking reports from the public on sections of highway still requiring attention.
The HOC is charged with detecting roadway incidents, receiving reports of roadway incidents, and coordinating traffic operations, maintenance and emergency response activities with MassDOT personnel and other agencies such as the State Police and local fire departments.
Well Governor Patrick Deval thanks the mass DOT for there
fine work with the storm of 2013 maybe he needs to look into the town of Havover there was a tree down across Rt 53 from 11 am to 7:30 pm how do i know this my plow truck was wrecked from it there was alot of calls on it by the Hanover P.D and others from 11Am on now 15 min after the accident it was cleaned up after they called but i was the lucky one i guess that hit it and i guess its the tax payers problem if there car get destroyed I am just Glad it was'nt a family in a compact car
Posted by: Brian Tedesco | February 13, 2013 at 01:03 PM