Brian Neben, Central Nebraska Today
NEBRASKA — The Nebraska Department of Transportation (NDOT) is excited to announce winners of its fourth annual “Name-A-Snowplow” contest. This contest strives to bring awareness about winter weather preparedness and safety to Nebraska’s elementary and middle school students. This year, NDOT received over 1,300 submissions from across the state, a new record for the contest.
NDOT visited the winning schools to personally congratulate the students. During the visits, students had the chance to see the newly named snowplows up close and ask NDOT snow fighters questions about snow removal and plow operations.
“This contest is an excellent opportunity to highlight the effort that goes into ensuring our roads are safe, especially during winter,” said NDOT Director Vicki Kramer. “Engaging with students allows us to tell our story while delivering a safety message to Nebraska’s future drivers.”
NDOT operates a fleet of more than 600 snowplows to ensure driver safety during winter weather. During a winter storm event, each plow is deployed with a full tank of liquids and salts to treat the road surface.
As winter approaches, drivers can view travel conditions and stay informed by tracking both the newly named snowplows and past winners in real time at 511.nebraska.gov.
Schools with winning snowplow names, along with the NDOT districts where the plows will be
assigned:
District Snowplow Name School
- 1 Avalanche Johnson, County Central Public Schools
- 1 Fast & Snowiest, Southern Elementary School
- 2Aspiradora de Nieve, (Snow Vacuum Cleaner), Blumfield Elementary School
- 2Han Snowlo, Up to Snow Good, Meadows Elementary School
- 3 CTRL-Snow-Delete, Shell Creek Elementary School
- 3 Snow Snow Plower, Rangers Stanton Community Schools
- 4 Mr. Freeze, Doniphan-Trumbull Public School
- 4 Snowcus Pocu,s High Plains Community Schools
- 5 Hungry Hungry Snoweater, Geil Elementary
- 5 Pete the Plow, Rushville Elementary School
- 6 Snow Rex, Wallace Public School
- 6 Who Let the Plows Out?!, Hershey Public Schools
- 7 Chilli Vanilli, Axtell Community School
- 7 Freeze Fighter, Maywood Public School
- 8 Cold and Bold, Loup County Public Schools
- 8 Slusher Crusher, Keya Paha County Schools
