Snow Removal Reminder

It's that time of year again to think about snow & snow removal.  Here is some information on how WVC works to remove snow & how citizens can help make snow removal more effective & effecient.

• Please do not park on the streets during or right after a snowstorm.  The snowplows cannot see your vehicles & cannot plow the streets clean with cars parked at the curb.  It is especially important to keep all vehicles out of cul-de-sacs.  The plows have a hard time getting around the circles & it is impossible to plow if there is anything parked in the circle.
• All residents are responsible for clearing their own property, including sidewalks & the area in front of mailboxes & fire hydrants.  This needs to be done within 24 hours after a storm ceases.
• City Ordinance prohibits placing snow in gutters or streets from snow blowers or shovels. 

City Streets have been divided into 4 priority catagories as follows:
Streets with higher intensity use have a higher priority for snow removal service.  Streets, which require proportionally more time for snow removal, have the lowest priority.

1. Priority One - These are arterial & major collector streets, generally with a right-of-way width of 66 feet or more, & average daily traffic greater than 5,000
2. Priority Two - These are generally subdivision collector streets, typically with a pavement width of at least 30 feet.  Incuded in this category are streets serving emergency response facilities & schools.  Also included are streets with hills & sharp curves where traction problems often cause hazardous driving conditions.
3. Priority Three - All other residential streets (excluding cul-de-sacs).
4. Priority Four - Cul-de-sacs & other dead end streets.  The city incurs proportionally more time & costs clearing snow from cul-de-sacs than on typical "uninterrupted" stretches of streets.  Because of the high cost-to-benefit ratio, cul-de-sacs & dead end streets have the lowest priority & will be the last areas adressed.

*information taken from the West Valley Journal newspaper.

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So, in my opinion, when you factor in the location & distance of our sub-division from the heart of the city, we are usually last in the snow removal.  Don't you think?