Why do the snow plow operators only plow one lane? Are they coming back and when?
Based on the amount of traffic on the main arteries, or the total amount of snowfall, our plows often make a pass in and out of secondary roads to open them up for the residents. Once the traffic on the main arteries has dissipated, they will then go back and complete the main arteries and then complete the secondaries, pushing the snow back to the curb. Also, when the amount of snow is so great that the smaller plow units cannot push all the snow to the curb, they will make a pass in and out to open it up, and then a larger unit or a front end loader will eventually come by and push the snow back to the curb. Generally speaking, the street is not complete until the snow has been pushed back as far as the curb.
Related Questions
- Why can’t plow operators tilt their blades towards the center when plowing cul-de-sacs to deposit the snow in the center island and not in front of the driveways along the cul-de-sac?
- Why did the snow plow leave after plowing only one lane? Are they coming back?
- Why don the snow plow operators plow all the way back to the curb?
