MADISON, Wis. — Madison’s streets division is preparing for likely winter weather impacts on roads across the city.
Once the snow starts sticking to the roads, 32 plow trucks will head out on the roughly 800 lane-miles of pavement that make up the city’s salt routes, department spokesperson Bryan Johnson said Thursday.
Side streets aren’t plowed until three or more inches of snow have fallen and the precipitation is near its end.
“We don’t know if we’re going to get that out of this particular storm or not yet because the type of snow it is, the rain mixed in there with the warmer pavement temperatures,” Johnson said. “There might be some melting in there, so whether or not a city-wide plowing is triggered from this, we really can’t say right now.”
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Because the wintry system could start with rain or sleet, the city is not pre-treating roads with brine because any liquid precipitation could wash the brine away before it gets a chance to do much.
Johnson is urging drivers to leave extra time to get to their destinations, especially during Friday morning’s commute, and to give extra space for snow plow operators to do their jobs.
For more information about the city’s winter weather preparedness, including alternate side parking and snow emergency zone parking rules, click or tap here.
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