Worcester’s Department of Public Works heads into the 2026-27 winter with nearly three times as many mechanics as last season and at least nine brine trucks, up from three, according to a report sent to the City Council.
City Manager Eric D. Batista forwarded the report from Public Works Commissioner John K. Westerling in a letter dated Tuesday, Oct. 13. The report lays out changes DPW made over the spring and summer after reviewing how it handled last winter.
Batista put that season’s total at more than 6 1/2 feet of snow, with two blizzards and several ice storms. The Worcester Telegram & Gazette reported 76.8 inches fell from December through February, the eighth-highest total for those months in city records…