They’re saying yes if there is more than 3 inches of snow . . . as if its a rule. But when there was 5 inches of snow last time they didn’t do it. So confusing.
Snow Plowing Updates
by Chris Kelley, Interim Streets Superintendent
posted January 20, 2012 8:02 AM
Sand event today no salt today because of low temperatures salt will not work.This will be very light, dry and powdery type of snow, which is very easy to plow off and shovel. Our concerns for this storm are twofold. One is the duration of the storm with snow continuing up about 10pm tonight and the second is the temperatures. The storms duration will mean snow accumulations will rise to about the 4″ – 6″ range before the storm is all done. The bad news is that we don’t have good salting temperatures.
Plow and sand crews will go out when snow starts to fall. We will be focusing on the 30 main routes, which incorporate the main arterials, main connector streets, Madison Metro Bus Routes and streets around schools and the hospitals. The morning’s commute should be good. Expect the afternoon commute to be slow as by that time there could be as much as 3″-5″ of snow on the ground.
We will have at least 2 plows on every one of the 30 salt routes during the day today in an effort to keep the main arterials plowed and replowed so that traffic can continue to move throughout the day. We will have between 60 and 70 units assigned to plowing during the day today not counting what the Engineering Division and Parks Division has scheduled to plow the bike paths and sidewalks.
As is policy, very little attention is being focused on the residential streets while it is still snowing. Our current plan, if the forecasts hold true, is to begin plowing all residential streets as the snow begins to come to an end later this evening. We are planning on plowing all residential streets at about 11:00 pm this evening and expect to have the City entirely plowed by Saturday morning.
Please check back later today to find out if and when we will be plowing residential streets, when we will begin to plow and if a Snow Emergency will be declared.
