01-22-2022, 10:03 AM
(01-21-2022, 08:01 PM)mgregorasz Wrote: I'm willing to bet that the "Heavy Snowfall Plan" would look exactly the same as the "Regular Snowfall Plan". There is no need for municipalities to have multiple snow removal plans for different type of storms when the only thing that changes is the amount of snow that needs to be cleared.
Actually I can see the amount of snow making a significant difference. If it’s very heavy, you need to be removing it from some areas entirely because there is just too much all in one place. If it’s medium, this isn’t needed. If it’s very light, you might not even need to do anything on roads because the action of cars will just melt it in place; and sidewalks might be better done with brushes than with shovels in this condition. You also need to consider how long it takes; while small differences in amount of snow won’t change this (the snow removal equipment just drives around the city in the same pattern), at some point increasing snow is going to slow the process down.