The city of Topeka will remove snow from streets quicker this winter as a result of its purchase of four dump trucks equipped with 8-foot-wide “wing plows” on the right side in addition to 12-foot-wide plows attached in front, city officials said Wednesday.
“This is a very big benefit,” city street operations manager Tony Trower said of having the wing plows. “I think it will serve the city of Topeka very well.”
The purchase increases from 21 to 25 the number of dump trucks and flatbed trucks the city has that can be used to plow streets, said city media relations coordinator Molly Hadfield.
(Read more: Local Government – The Topeka Capital-Journal)