City’s Response to Road Conditions and Trash Collections
City Continues Efforts to Clear Arterial Roads and Pick Up Trash Collection
Issued: December 28, 2009
The City of Edmond Public Works Department is utilizing front end loaders to clear snow and ice from areas that plows could not clear. In addition, the Solid Waste Department continues to service the routes that were scheduled for last Saturday’s holiday collection pick up. Due to the heavy snow, many residents did not have the opportunity to place their carts at the curb. The Solid Waste Department is making a second pass thru Monday and Tuesday for all neighborhoods that were scheduled for the Saturday holiday collection pick up.
Keith Stewart, Field Services Superintendent, said crews worked around the clock for four days to apply 100 tons of sand and 400 tons of a specialty salt product, which consists of salt pretreated with magnesium chloride.
Stewart said that the material that has been applied to the streets is designed to activate in low temperatures, but extreme weather conditions with freezing sleet have trapped the salt product in layers of solid ice. “Efforts are underway to assist both melting and removal by utilizing grading equipment.”
The designated snow routes are available on the city’s website at edmondok.com. They show the primary and secondary streets that are part of the basic strategy of maintaining connectivity to the interstate via the major streets into and out of the city.
Edmond, like most municipalities, does not attempt to salt or snow plow in residential neighborhoods. Parked cars make the streets difficult to maneuver because of the size of the equipment. In addition, individual driveways would be blocked by ice pushed to the side of the street and that would create hazards for the homeowners.
The dangers, along with limited manpower and equipment, require that efforts be focused on the major arterial roads in the city.
Motorists should continue to drive with caution and watch for frozen sleet and ice.
Drivers who notice a particularly dangerous situation on one of the major arterial roads that are part of Edmond’s snow routes can contact the Field Services division of Public Works by calling 216-7770.
To check for current road conditions, call the Oklahoma Department of Public Safety’s Road Condition Hotline at 888-425-2385. For out of state road conditions: Arkansas 800-245-1672; Colorado 303-639-1111; Kansas 866-511-5368; Missouri 800-222-6400; New Mexico 800-432-4269; and Texas 800-452-9292.
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Edmond’s Primary Snow Route Includes:
East-West
Covell from Kelly to Air Depot
Danforth from the west city limits to Air Depot
Edmond Road/2nd from the west city limits to Air Depot
15th from the west city limits to Air Deport
33rd from Kelly to Air Depot
North-South
Kelly from the north city limits to 33rd
Broadway Extension from the north city limits to the south city limits
I-35 service roads from the Second to Memorial
Edmond’s Secondary Snow Route Includes:
East-West
Sorghum Mill from the west city limits to I-35
Coffee Creek from the west city limits to I-35
Covell from Pennsylvania to Kelly
North-South
Santa Fe from the north city limits to 15th
Boulevard from the north city limits to the south city limits
Bryant from the north city limits to the south city limits
Coltrane from Waterloo to the south city limits
Sooner Road from Waterloo to just south of I-35
