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Winter Reminders
Public Works employees are now preparing for winter and the
up-coming plowing season. Now is also a good time for residents to
take a look at your mailboxes and posts. Check for obvious damage
such as cracked boards or posts, missing screws, etc., but also look
below ground level to make sure your post is still in good
condition. A rotted post will not stand up to a Minnesota winter
very long, and repairs are more difficult after the ground has
frozen. In addition, the Public Works department can not be
responsible for mailboxes knocked down as a result of snow thrown
off a plow onto a weak post.
When
the snow flies, the Public Works department also asks residents to
refrain from putting trash cans in or right next to the street
during plow season. Snow plow drivers want to clear the streets for
your safety and obstacles such as trash cans need to be out of the
way.
Snow Fort Alert:
Parents- make sure
your child’s snow fort is set well back from the street and
driveway. It is dangerous to build snow forts in the mound of snow
left by plowing, since plow drivers cannot see the children in the
fort.
Put Snow in its
Place
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Public Works department’s equipment and drivers make sure the
streets of our city are as safe as any in the metro area. But we
need property owners to help by blowing, shoveling, or plowing their
snow onto their own property or the boulevard area adjacent to their
property – not in the street. These restrictions are detailed in
City ordinance 7-1-3 “Prohibited Snow and Ice Deposits.” Property
owners shall not put their snow in the street because snow deposited
in the street becomes compacted and can freeze into large lumps of
ice on the roadway. If a truck with its plow down catches these
unexpected lumps of ice, it can spin the truck around, break the
plow off the truck, or send the truck out of control – all dangerous
situations. Large mounds of ice on the roadway can also be a hazard
for the traveling public, so please help us out by keeping it out of
the street.
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