Ask The City – Can You Plow Streets Around the Schools?

Your Question:

Is there any way to get the city to plow the streets that go around the schools in town? Especially around the elementary schools. It is dangerous trying to pick up kids when those roads are slushy, then when it freezes with all that slush its bounces your car all over the place. I think for the safety of our children we should have at least those areas in town be plowed.

The City's Response:

We try not to plow school areas but rather use chemicals.  Plowing makes it difficult for the buses and cars to get close to the curb.  Sometimes the buses will park on the street side of the windrow and the kids have to climb over or through the windrow.  If the snow is very deep, over 6 inches, we will windrow the snow to the center of the street and haul the snow.  This may not happen immediately after a storm if we are dealing with a lot of drifting and or other issues related to a particular snowfall.

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