Detroit residents woke up to a pleasant surprise Monday morning as city crews cleared residential streets following Sunday’s snowfall, even though the storm didn’t meet the typical 6-inch threshold for full city plowing.
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Detroit plowing residential streets after latest snowfall
The city of Detroit expanded its snow removal efforts after several inches of snow blanketed the area, deploying private contractors to clear many residential side streets. Typically, at least 6 inches of snow must fall in a single storm before a full city plow is activated, but with freezing temperatures and continuing snowfall, the city decided it was time to act.
“It’s a little bit loose. Part of what we look at is what snow have we had before today. So last night we measured pretty close to 5 inches in Detroit, and because we’ve had snow over the last couple of weeks and the forecast over the next two weeks is supposed to continue to be cold, we thought this would be a nice service to provide the residents,” Sam Krassenstein, Deputy Director of Detroit Public Works, said.
Tradina Waller was clearing her driveway after Sunday’s storm and said she was happy to see plow trucks come down her street…