Mild winters gobble up snow budgets in Maryland and Virginia

As the Maryland-Washington, D.C.-Virginia region braces for the first big snow event for the area this winter, much of the money set aside for snow cleanup in Maryland and Virginia has already been spent, WTOP reported Tuesday.

In Maryland, which has 17,000 miles of state-run roads, State Highway Administration spokesman Dave Buck says the state has spent its entire $41 million budget on little storms. Suburban Maryland has had very little snow this winter; however parts of Western Maryland have…