Snow? Ice? Could be an interesting Saturday.

With the forecast for the weekend, my attention today is turned to snow and ice. As of this writing, it looks like more snow and less ice which is fantastic in my book.

While I am sitting here thinking about sledding, snow angels and tomato soup, staff all over the City is preparing for the potential winter storm.

I called over to the public works department earlier this week and asked for their snow removal plan. Basically, I wanted to know what roads they plowed and in what order. Remember, DOT is responsible for lots of streets in Kannapolis like Cannon Boulevard and Dale Earnhardt Boulevard.

I was expecting a few documents that I would share here. Instead I got 17. Suffice it to say it is a complicated process and our crews do a great job getting the roads back to normal during winter events. I admittedly didn’t open all the documents, but here’s a fun factoid. Snow plows shouldn’t go more than 20 mph. Now you know too.

If you’re curious about the pretreatment and snow plowing maps, I’ve linked them. I think it is interesting to see what the City handles, what DOT handles, and what they work on together. Feel free to ping me with any questions.

P.S. If it does snow tomorrow, please be safe. Stay off the roads if possible. Heck, enjoy some snow angels, sledding and tomato soup and let our crews get the work done they need to so we can get things back to normal.