State has new road-clearing tools to counter winter's wallop

Lincoln Journal Star: Nebraska's snow plows are sporting some extra brains behind their blades this season.

The state is outfitting all of its 697 plow trucks with technology to track them while they move and monitor the amount of salt and brine they spread during winter storms.

The technology has been installed in about 200 trucks so far and should be deployed statewide by next winter.

The goal is to make better use of Nebraska's vast, taxpayer-owned, highway-clearing resources.

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