dragoonusa
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Several Colorado State Patrol Troopers were En-route to Summit County for an Operation and will be switching to "SNOW MAC" anyone know what this TG is or what it is used for?
Snow MAC is not just CDOT. It is a MAC. Hwy 2, callsign 502, is the current IC on Snow MAC. CSP 4C currently on there with the closure at Silverthorne. Motorists taking the closure into their own hands and removing the orange cones and driving thru. CSP says the highway has to be reopened due to the situation. EJ dispatch trying to switch comms to dispatch from the MAC to cell phones.
CSP Trooper says only 1 CDOT plow working all of Clear Creek Co (except for those assigned to the EJ approach). CSP car is stuck on I-70 and expecting the Interstate to be at a stop soon.
It sounds like the actual plow trucks working on the EJT-related activities with CSP did not have access to, or were otherwise not using, Snow MAC. Rather, "Highway 2" had to relay information to the plow trucks. I wonder if that was "intentional", such that Snow Mac is only given to CDOT supervisors along with CSP?
A few questions:
1. It appears this TG should be called "Snow MAC", is that the best name for this TG? I'm also wondering if this TG should be placed under the Statewide Mutual Aid Section.
Highway 2 is the callsign for a person. I believe Highway 502 is the same person. Hwy 2 was the Incident Commander Sunday. When I was listening he was in EJ Dispatch.A few questions:
2. Who is the person/entity using the call sign "Highway 2"? Is that a "dedicated" CDOT dispatcher, and if so, where are they located? .
9 Paul trucks were told to switch to SnowMAC which they did. About ten minutes after the last transmission to switch to SnowMAC, everyone was told to use cell phones to contact dispatch. Plows working the east side were going to the "box" on the west side to turn around and then traffic was released to follow the plows. I believe that is at MM 209. At least that was the plan. It sounded like it turned into a free for all when motorists got tired of waiting and started moving the orange cones out of the way so that they could drive thru. That was when the CSP Sgt said the highway had to be opened. I believe that was S99, a Frisco Sgt. I haven't listened to Steve's recording yet, but he may have captured all of this.It sounds like the actual plow trucks working on the EJT-related activities with CSP did not have access to, or were otherwise not using, Snow MAC. Rather, "Highway 2" had to relay information to the plow trucks. I wonder if that was "intentional", such that Snow Mac is only given to CDOT supervisors along with CSP?
9 Paul trucks were told to switch to SnowMAC which they did. About ten minutes after the last transmission to switch to SnowMAC, everyone was told to use cell phones to contact dispatch. Plows working the east side were going to the "box" on the west side to turn around and then traffic was released to follow the plows. I believe that is at MM 209. At least that was the plan. It sounded like it turned into a free for all when motorists got tired of waiting and started moving the orange cones out of the way so that they could drive thru. That was when the CSP Sgt said the highway had to be opened. I believe that was S99, a Frisco Sgt. I haven't listened to Steve's recording yet, but he may have captured all of this.
To answer another question, CDOT has the final word on the closures. During the winter there are fascinating arguments about the status of highways particularly Rabbit Ears Pass which was closed until Monday morning. The coordination seems to have improved during the last week. I suspect Hick got involved.
KMGH has an investigative piece on their website.
Roughly 1815-1825.About what time was the transmission asking them to use cell phones to contact dispatch?