Longmont slowly begins to rebound from Sunday’s massive snow storm with city facilities set to open Tuesday morning and snow plows starting to work on residential streets Monday.
City snow plows will begin single pass plowing on some residential streets on Monday and continue for two or three days, according to a city of Longmont news release. In order to allow for resumption of trash collection, plow trucks will follow the trash collection schedule, beginning in south Longmont where collection has been rescheduled for Wednesday, the news release states.
Plow trucks should be able to get to most residential streets, but there are some locations like cul-de-sacs, dead end roads and narrow roads that might not be possible to plow. Residential roads are not designed for snow plowing because of 24/7 on-street parking, narrow roads that don’t have room for plowed snow, and the potential to block driveways with deep snow windrows, according to the news release.
The city is asking residents to help snow plow drivers and to expect the following;
- Plows will make a single pass along streets, leaving an approximate 12-foot swath of plowed sideways.
- Motorists are asked to allow room for plows to make their way down streets - please stay out of the way of plows when driving and do not park cars on the street if it can be avoided.
- After plowing, residents can expect to encounter berms or rows of snow (called windrows) that may require significant snow shoveling work by residents around cars and driveways.
- Plow truck operators will try to minimize the amount of snow pushed onto sidewalks, but residents should be prepared to remove snow that is thrown up on sidewalks from plowing operations. Take time to check on your neighbors to see if they need help after the plows pass by.
- Trash/Recycling/Composting cars will need to be placed outside, closest to the pile of snow, to make sure to leave room for the trucks. There will be no collection on Monday, March 15 and Tuesday, March 16.
- For assistance with snow removal, residents can call the Snow Busters program, run by Cultivate for seniors and disabled residents; https://cultivate.ngo.
All trash, recycling and compost routes will be collected two days behind normally scheduled collection day. Because of the high snowfall amounts and to give plow drivers time to clear residential roadways, there will be no trash collection on Monday, March 15 and Tuesday, March 16, according to the news release.
All routes will be collected two days behind their normally scheduled collection day.
City facilities will reopen to the public on Tuesday, March 16 at 10 a.m.
