BOISE, Idaho — Twenty thousand tons… that’s 40 million pounds of sand Ada County Highway District has spread this winter on county roadways.

“This is going to be huge, we put down a lot of sand. A lot of sand and salt we’ll be sweeping it up until June. We put it down and I know we have to sweep it up,” said ACHD sweeper truck operator Eddie Meddings.

Meddings explains how the sweeper trucks work.

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