AMARILLO
The Texas Department of Transportation spent nearly $1.6 million to clean up after the blizzard last month that dropped 19 inches of snow on parts of the Panhandle.
TxDOT spokesman Paul Braun said the storm cost the agency $424,984 in labor, $792,553 in equipment expenses and $363,537 in material expenses.
The snowfall was an inch shy of Amarillo’s 1934 record for one day and meteorologists reported 75-mph wind gusts. Many highways and roads were closed due to the surface snow and blowing snow that greatly reduced visibility.