BUFFALO, N.Y. (WKBW) — The Buffalo Department of Public Works deployed more than 170 pieces of equipment Sunday to combat a winter storm that dropped about a foot of snow across the region.
City officials issued a travel advisory as municipal crews and private contractors moved into a “divide and conquer” strategy to clear primary and secondary routes. The cleanup effort, which has been operating on a 24-hour cycle, saw additional reinforcements Sunday afternoon.
“Our internal crews have been pre-treating and then plowing mains and secondaries 24/7,” said City of Buffalo Department of Public Works Commissioner Nolan Skipper. “Private contractors came online at 2 p.m., the bulk of them, and at 10 a.m. today we had a number of front-end loaders go to police and fire.”
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