What happens when the snowfall ends?
Plow all major County roads and primary neighborhood streets and clear to bare pavement. Plow all Residential Streets with at least one pass and spot treat when necessary. Spread abrasives on hills, intersections on residential streets, and on roads around schools. • Will the snow plow ever completely clear my residential street down to bare pavement? Top The goal is to make residential streets passable — not to clear them to bare pavement. Plowing to bare pavement requires salting at the beginning of the snowfall. Resource and environmental constraints prevent our doing this on every residential street. • How long will it take to finish plowing all the streets? Top Crews work continuously around the clock until all 4,800 lane miles of County-maintained streets are passable. Heres a guideline: It takes about 16 hours following the end of a 3-inch snowfall to plow and/or treat every County road once Within 24 to 36 hours after a 10-inch snowfall, you can expect major and primary County
