TDOT is Best Overall @ Southeast ROADEO

The Tennessee Department of Transportation is proud to announce that its team earned “Best Overall” in the Southeast Regional ROADEO Competition for the 10th time.

The ROADEO is an annual training and safety conference for heavy equipment operators. These front-line crews require expert skills to perform critical maintenance activities. This year’s ROADEO was held in Raleigh, North Carolina where DOTs from 12 southeastern states competed for the top prize. Each obstacle course tests safety, accuracy, agility, and speed while operating heavy equipment.

Tennessee Department of Transportation’s team consisted of 14 representatives from all four regions. They advanced after scoring high marks in the state-level training over the summer. The heavy equipment includes the backhoe, single axle dump truck, tandem axle dump truck, skid steer, lowboy, tractor mower, and motor grader.

Along with “Best Overall,” Tennessee Department of Transportation operators won first and second place in the Single Axle Dump Truck and Skid Steer events.