Some are free and some charge a nominal fee. To obtain a updated list, contact the Public Works Department at 585-4319. When you consider the large number of driveways and amount of sidewalks in the city it is just too costly and time consuming to use additional people and equipment to perform this service. Our primary duty is to open and keep open the main roadway system. Piling snow to the center of a street can create a very hazardous situation.
Traffic flow is restricted by eliminating a portion of a lane.
The freeze-thaw cycle creates problems when the melting snow freezes on the road surface every evening. This practice can also create sight obstructions for low vehicles and cause problems for residents entering and exiting their driveways. With over 242 miles of streets to maintain with seven snowplows, it is usually not possible to plow all the streets. When you consider that most of the network of priority 1 streets are four lanes, plus turn lanes, you can see why our equipment is busy 24-hour a day, even after the snow has stopped falling. We make every effort to get to lower priority streets when conditions allow.