01-10-2011 South Bend Snow Clearance Update

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Office of the Mayor MEDIA ADVISORY Monday, January 10, 2011 6:30 pm Contact: Mikki Dobski, Communications & Spec. Projects, 574-235-5855 c. 574-876-1564 Sam Hensley, Division of Streets, 574-235-9244 South Bend Snow Clearance Update South Bend, IN: After finishing east-west streets during the day, crews tonight will return to the main arterial streets and all snow emergency and bus routes for a second pass at snow removal. Off-street parking areas will also be cleared. Beginning Tuesday, and depending on additional snowfall, for the rest of the week crews will return to residential snow clearance working to clear every street from curbside to curbside. During the day, instead of focusing on east-west, north-south routes, crews will circle the city starting in the center, covering the inner two-thirds core of the city’s residential neighborhoods, while people are at work or school. During the night, they will work in the outer third of the city’s residential neighborhoods, where off-street parking is more prevalent. People are urged to move their cars off the street or to cleared areas on their street or nearby streets, including main arteries or thoroughfares until the plows have returned. Crews will be working 16- to 24-hour days until streets are cleared curb to curb. So far, the total amount of snow cleared and removed totals 150,000 tons (water weight). Critical Citizen Participation Sidewalks – residents and property owners are reminded that they are responsible for clearing sidewalks around their property. Primary areas of concern are crosswalks, bus stops and especially sidewalks near schools. Help your neighbors, especially older people or people with disabilities, to move their cars and to clear their sidewalks -more-