Snow Emergency - December 17

(Editor's note:  Finally, maybe, we'll get the streets clear!)

From:
http://www.stpaul.gov/index.aspx?NID=905

Saint Paul has declared a Snow Emergency, beginning Tuesday, December
17th, at 9:00 p.m.  All Night Plow Route plowing will begin at this
time.

We are declaring a snow emergency to clear all of our streets curb to
curb. This is necessitated for several reasons:

• We received several inches of snow over the last several days from
several small snow systems.

• Temperatures began rising Monday and are expected to remain in the
low twenties to low 30's through Thursday, loosening the compacted
snow on the residential streets.

• With parking bans it allows us to minimize the cars we plow around
and eliminate as many windrows as possible before the cold sets in
again. (These windrows are a problem once it freezes again.)


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2R-mZKh0Kzc


All snow emergencies start with Night Plow Routes at 9:00 P.M. on the
day of the declared snow emergency.

Plowing begins on Night Plow Routes at 9:00 P.M. and continues through
the night into the morning until the snow is plowed to the curb.
Parking is banned on these routes until snow is plowed all the way to
the curb. This plowing operation takes 8 to 12 hours to complete
depending on the amount of snow. Night Plow Routes are typically the
busy streets -- marked with signs that say "NIGHT PLOW ROUTE" -- plus
one side of north-south residential streets with signs that say "NIGHT
PLOW ROUTE THIS SIDE OF STREET."

PLEASE NOTE:  A number of north-south streets located in the north
central section of the city which were previously designated as Day
Plow Routes have now been designated as Night Plow Routes.  More info
and map here.

All downtown streets are on the night plow route.


Day Plow Routes begin the following morning.  There are no signs on
Day Plow Routes.  Plowing starts after the night routes are plowed,
which is typically around 8:00 A.M.  Parking is banned on these routes
until snow is plowed all the way to the curb.  The Day Plow Routes are
the east-west residential streets PLUS one side of north-south
residential streets -- the side WITHOUT the plowing signs.  There are
some exceptions to these rules but they are all well marked.

The tagging and towing continues for 96 hours after the snow emergency
has begun.

For 24-hour Snow Emergency information call (651) 266-PLOW (7569) for
an up-to-date recording of current snow emergency conditions or (651)
266-9700 to talk to Street Maintenance personnel.