SNOW REMOVAL RESPONSE TO NAMPA CITIZENS Current winter street maintenance fleet includes only five sanders; four with plows and one deicer truck. This year street crews have also upfitted a one ton truck with a small plow and small sander, primarily for the downtown area. The Street Maintenance staff of 13 is split into two shifts to provide as much coverage as possible throughout the 370 miles of City streets. Winter maintenance is prioritized and based on the most critical areas receiving attention in the following order: 1) Overpasses and underpasses 2) Signalized intersections and four-way stops and arterial streets (streets with the highest volume) 3) Schools 4) Hills and curves 5) 2-way stops 6) Collector streets (streets with the next highest volume) 7) Residential streets While residential streets are on the priority list it is difficult to get to all of them. Furthermore, staff receives as many concerns, if not more, from citizens if residential streets are plowed because of the piling of snow on previously shoveled sidewalks and driveways. Plowing is determined by the Street Division based on accumulation, temperature and forecast.
Posted on: Thu, 13 Nov 2014 16:41:34 +0000
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