Negative.  The DOT Commissioner Marc Luiken is responsible for ensuring the roads are plowed correctly.  The new policy of not plowing the roads in a logical manner is being done under his watch.  The equipment operators and Foreman that have been doing this for years would love to maintain the roads properly, but they are not allowed.  Of course when asked, the political spin from Commissioner Luiken would be that he is allowing this to happen because the lower level managers told him this was how to save money.  Take the hand cuffs off of the Foreman and equipment operators and let them do their jobs and things would improve immediately.  It would also help if Commissioner Luiken would stop firing and deleting equipment operator positions and make the tough decisions of where to cut in other areas.  29 out 95 positions cut in 2016 were equipment operators, and the proposed cuts for 2017 were to cut 30 operators out of 38 positions.