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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 

Contact: Public Works Department, 573-874-7250

City Snow Removal Update

COLUMBIA, MO (February 21, 2008) -The City Public Works Department said
today that snow and ice removal operations started at 3:00 a.m. Crews
pre-treated first-, second- and critical- priority streets before
arrival of the wintry mix.

Once priority streets are passable or clear, work will shift to
residential areas, since this event includes ice. Crews are split into
two shifts and will work through the night, if necessary.
To run plowing operations as efficiently as possible, citizens are
asked to keep parked cars off streets, if possible. Parked cars are
obstacles to street and make plowing maneuvers hazardous. 

The snow operations unit will maintain contact with the Joint
Communications office to handle all emergency situations. The City’s
snow removal map is available online at www.GoColumbiaMo.com for
citizens to view the priority status. 

Q & A:

Why do plow trucks sometimes have their plows up during snowstorms?

When the snow plows make trips to and from the street division facility
to get more treatment material, they may go over streets that have
already been treated. 

If streets have already been treated, crews raise the plows so they do
not remove salt/cinders/calcium chloride that has already been put down.


Plows may also be raised to insure ice/snow is not bladed back into
citizen’s driveways if the street has already been treated to a safe
and passable condition. 

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