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City of Traverse City Snow Removal Operations

City of Traverse City Snow Removal Operations. Responsibilities. Streets Division State Highways (Trunkline, 8 miles) City Streets (83 miles) Emergency Routes ( Green Route ) Majors Locals Alleys Sidewalks (73 miles) Management of Contracts. Responsibilities. Contractors

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City of Traverse City Snow Removal Operations

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  1. City of Traverse CitySnow Removal Operations

  2. Responsibilities • Streets Division • State Highways (Trunkline, 8 miles) • City Streets (83 miles) • Emergency Routes (Green Route) • Majors • Locals • Alleys • Sidewalks (73 miles) • Management of Contracts

  3. Responsibilities • Contractors • Downtown Sidewalks • 14 Parking Lots (with snow removal) • On-call snow hauling and windrowing downtown • Parks Division • Parks and Senior Center • Cemetery • 13 Parking Lots (downtown TC) • Sidewalks on bridge decks

  4. Streets Division Assets • Personnel • 13 Equipment Operators • 3 Shifts • Day shift - 9 • Afternoon shift - 2 • Midnight shift - 2 • Equipment • 10 Plow trucks • 7 w/ Sanders • 3 Holders (sidewalk blowers) (no operators) • 4 Loaders w/ snow buckets • 2 Downtown Snow Blowers

  5. Street Priorities • Green Route • Major Streets • Local Streets • Alleys • All priorities covered during day shift and during full callouts • Afternoon, nights, weekends, holidays keep green route clear

  6. Sidewalk Priorities • Schools • Hospital • Major Streets • All others • Goal is to clean all sidewalks within 3 days of end of snow event • No operators until streets are cleared

  7. Sidewalk Responsibility • Sidewalk blowing began as a program to assist residents in major snow events • Sidewalk blowers don’t clean walks completely • City Ordinance 668.11 states, “The removal of snow and ice from private property and the sidewalk abutting or crossing private property shall be the responsibility of the occupant of such private property.”

  8. Full Callout • In response to 3-5 inch snow event • Day crews report at 5 a.m. or earlier • All routes plowed in priority order • Shifts extended as needed until snow event is complete • Goal: Sidewalks are cleared within 3 days of end of snow event

  9. Downtown Cleanup • Level 1: (3-inch snow) • Streets orders contractor to mobilize • Contractor cleans sidewalks and assigned lots • Streets personnel push snow into parking lots for temporary storage • Parks cleans assigned lots

  10. Downtown Cleanup • Level 2: (Larger snow event) • Streets orders contractor to mobilize • Contractor cleans sidewalks and assigned lots • Contractor uses 2 graders to windrow snow • Streets personnel blow snow into contractor-provided lead trucks • Parks cleans assigned lots

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