Snow removal to begin
The city will start a snow removal campaign Wednesday evening at 7. They need to get as much snow up as they can before it freezes in place, but this piece doesn’t address that, although mentioning we’re also expecting more snow this weekend.
rob 11:38 on 2024-01-11 Permalink
Is frozen snow even a challenge for snow plows and blowers? I imagine the hardness of the snow doesn’T affect those huge machines.
Kate 11:55 on 2024-01-11 Permalink
I’ve seen it happen that waterlogged snow faced with a sudden hard freeze can turn into semi-permanent features in the landscape.
Ian 13:17 on 2024-01-11 Permalink
I suspect part of the issue is that they don’t want to take the road up with it.
CE 14:26 on 2024-01-11 Permalink
I just watched them remove the show from my side of the street. the plows had to pass by more than usual (certainly much more than the other side of the street yesterday when it was mostly snow and slush) but they got most of it off the street and into the dump truck.
Ian 15:23 on 2024-01-11 Permalink
I used to live in a duplex facing the mouth of a commercial alley. The alley would get plowed and the snow mound would be left right in front of my place, getting bigger and bigger as teh plow passed once or twice a day. When it had gone through a good freeze cycle after about a foot of snow – like right now – by the time the street plows came around, they couldn’t budge it. I saw a grader take an aggressive approach once and gun it, and its back wheels lifted off the street on impact. In the end the crew brought in a backhoe to smash it up.
Less dramatically though, I have seen lots of instances where the ice slowly builds up in the gutters until the spring melt, especially if there is street parking. I get the general impression that getting right down to pavement is only really a priority for sidewalks and major thoroughfares, especially on streets with speed bumps and potholes.