City officials say crews have cleared thousands of truck loads of snow off the streets so far, and the work continues. But there are challenges. “We know it’s not perfect,” said city spokesman Hans Rodvik.
Anchorage officials say they’re continuing work on widening roads and hauling snow away after a trio of storms brought more than 4 feet of snow to the city last month.
“We did that with single-grader teams, more or less making one lane through neighborhoods to provide that access,” Rodvik said. As of Thursday night, acting Municipal Manager Kent Kohlhase said the city had hauled 320,000 cubic yards of snow, which he equated to 320,000 Maytag washing machines. InFriday, Kohlhase said the contractor the city has been working with since the fall has “been challenged in his ability to provide the number of trucks ordered on a daily basis.”
Crews are currently focused on hauling snow from main streets that are near schools, said Kohlhase’s Thursday email. He said he hopes to get every school cleared by the time classes resume on Monday, Jan. 9. Because the sidewalks haven’t been plowed, pedestrians have started following tracks in the snow on Providence Drive.
Kohlhase said two major issues are standing in the way of the city being able to haul snow effectively. The first is snow-covered cars in the roads which can hamper snow plow efforts. The second: private snow haul contractors pushing snow into public roads, which goes against city code. He said the ability to haul snow is also determined by the distance from snow dump sites. He said there are currently six available sites.
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