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Summing up the blizzard: Wayland and Weston work overtime

ayland Town Crier 2/14/13: Summing up the blizzard: Wayland and Weston work overtime. The coffee machines were running on overtime last weekend as Weston and Wayland public safety officers and Department of Public Works staff pulled brutal hours to dig their towns out of the blizzard that dumped over 2 feet of snow on the area Friday night through Saturday. In Wayland, 30 DPW employees and vehicles, plus 20 pieces of hired equipment, responded, spreading 160 tons of sand and salt over the roadways, according to Steve Kadlik, director of highway operations.
A total of 1,541 man hours, 1,173 of them overtime, went into the effort, he said.

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Three Days Later: Wayland DPW Crews in Clean-Up Mode

Wayland Patch 2/12/13: Three Days Later: Wayland DPW Crews in Clean-Up Mode. The Blizzard of 2013 ended three days ago, but the crews of the Wayland Department of Public Works remain hard at work. Joe Doucette, senior foreman for the DPW, said he was incredibly proud of the workers, many of which are relatively new employees. “It was quite an undertaking,” Doucette said. “I’m very proud of the staff. Our equipment took a beating. It was a challenge. I think we did very well considering what we have. We have a lot of new employees, rookie people we’ve hired in the past year. For a lot of them this was the first major snow storm. They did great job.”

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Wayland DPW Crews Handle ‘Worst’ Storm They’ve Seen

Wayland Patch 2/10/13: Wayland DPW Crews Handle ‘Worst’ Storm They’ve Seen. Wayland’s Department of Public Works crews hit the roads at about 3:30 p.m. Friday. At 4 p.m., Saturday, Wayland Parks Superintendent Mike Lindeman had made it back to the parking lot of the Wayland Highway Department garage and had a moment to reflect on the past 24 hours. “Worst one I’ve ever seen,” Lindeman said as he helped other crew members dig their own cars out. The nearby crew members agreed.

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