THE OFFICIAL TOWN OF WINDSOR NEWSLETTER
WINDSOR MATTERS JANUARY 2023
KNOW THE ROADS BEFORE YOU GO
Tips for Safe Driving Around Snowplows The Public Services Snow & Ice Team works long hours and overnight during snowstorms to maintain the roads for the traveling public. Once snow starts to fall, the first priorities are to keep main arterials and collection streets plowed and treated with deicing materials followed by residential through streets and culde-sacs. Here’s what Windsor’s Snow & Ice Team wants you to know before driving on the slick roads around snowplows. • Give the plows some space! Stay 3 to 4 car lengths back from snowplows and never pass a snowplow operating in tandem formation—when two or more plows are clearing a multi-lane road. • Don’t pass snowplows on the right. Give them room to work. • Different storms require different methods. The team assesses the storm before, during and after snowfall and dispatch snowplows as needed.
SNOW REMOVAL TIP As a plow pushes snow, it creates a berm. Larger snowstorms result in larger berms. Reduce the size of the berm in front of your driveway by clearing the area in front and to the right of the driveway. This helps ensure less snow goes in front of your driveway.
• Even plowed and treated roads can remain slick. Be cautious in areas such as intersections, hills, roundabouts, sharp curves and bridges. • Shoveling matters. Don’t push snow from the driveway into the road. Push it into the grass and areas that could use the extra moisture. • Move vehicles parked on the road to give snowplow drivers room to work. • Please be patient. There are over 263 center miles of roads in Windsor that our snowplow
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Pile shoveled snow to the left of your driveway and out of the street.
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operators plow and deice depending on the snowstorm’s characteristics and priority. Once the storm is done, the work isn’t over. The Snow & Ice Team’s job is around the clock during the snow season monitoring storms and conditions. They are committed to providing the traveling public with the safest surface possible, returning road surfaces to safe winter driving conditions as soon as practicable, and keeping essential traffic moving.
Clearing snow from this area in front and to the right of your driveway can help prevent large piles of snow after plows pass by.