Here are a few more updates and tips from the city as storm cleanup continues …
- Most alleys were plowed by Thursday morning, and plow crews continue to work widening the streets to push the snow closer to curbs. This may mean snow will be put back on driveways and sidewalks – an unfortunate but necessary reality after storms like this. Your continued patience is appreciated. Plowing will continue Friday.
- To those residents who live near one of the city’s 667 fire hydrants, please take some time and shovel them out. Residents are also advised to clear catch basins to avoid street flooding from melting snow once the weather warms (come July, at this pace).
- Don’t forget to clear furnace and dryer vents of snow to avoid a potentially dangerous situation.
- Elderly residents who need help clearing snow should contact the Interfaith Good Neighbor Project at 414-220-8660. Also, please consider volunteering for this valuable program.
I’d also like to give a shout out to our Street Department for their tireless efforts of the last few days. Long hours and difficult conditions confronted the city’s crews, and I appreciate their efforts in getting the city moving again after this truly historic storm.
To all of our plow drivers and others in the Street Department: Thank you!
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The plows have been doing a good job and I understand that the driveways might get re-plowed under, but I really don’t see a reason that they can’t follow normal driving rules like staying on the right side of the street. Coming around a corner and seeing a plow coming at you is no fun. Also, I try to minimize the “damage” of getting the driveway blocked by shoveling the street a few feet back…which does no good when they come from the wrong direction. It’s almost like they WANT to plow you in.