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TxDOT: Working For You – March 28, 2008

Posted: March 28th, 2008, 8:59pm PDT

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TxDOT's Special Jobs Crew applies a fog seal to FM 2493 south of Tyler. A fog seal is designed to seal water out of a surface with a light coat of oil to prevent the surface of the road from deteriorating. The sealant is sprayed through nozzles attached to the back of the tank truck and allowed to dry before traffic is allowed to drive on it.
The TxDOT Tornado – Week of March 31, 2008

Posted: March 28th, 2008, 8:59pm PDT

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This week, as last week, and like many of the weeks to come as the weather heats up, this podcast will focus more on where work is scheduled to take place, and less on the stories behind the folks doing the work. I've gotten some good feedback from listeners on the winter podcast episodes, featuring sign technician Chris Tatum's crazy day, Canton MTCE supervisor Mark McClanahan's experiences while working on an icy interstate, and hearing from Tyler District mill crew's Marlin Cooper, "The Man on the Mill," and special jobs crew chief Royce Traylor on seal-coat related operations. Now that you've met some of these folks, you're about to see a lot of their handiwork. Here's the work scheduled for this week, beginning Tuesday.

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