WVDOH buys 110 new tractor mowers

CLARKSBURG, W.Va. (WBOY) — If you’re out driving and see West Virginia Division of Highways (WVDOH) crews mowing, you may notice that they have some new gear.

The WVDOH has purchased 110 new John Deere tractor mowers it intends to use on secondary roads, it announced in a press release Monday. The new tractors will be used in all 10 of the state’s highway districts.

“We do a very good job mowing our expressways,” WVDOH Chief of Operations Joe Pack said in the release. “We expect the same on our secondary roads.”

The new mowers will supplement existing equipment and replace some older equipment for which parts are no longer available, the WVDOH said in the release.

As they come in, they’re being sent to the WVDOH Equipment Division in Buckhannon before being sent out to the 10 highway districts.

As of Monday, the WVDOH said 67 of the new mowers were already in use.

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