By now, Lexington residents are all-too-familiar with the particular combination of ice, snow, and prolonged freezing temperatures that kept the city largely locked in place for weeks. It was a cocktail of cold ingredients that caught emergency workers expecting a snow-heavy event off-guard.
“I think the city is admitting that this is probably the new normal for Lexington,” says Richard Young with CivicLex.
Initial reviews suggest internal confusion regarding plowing, with some plow drivers running their entire routes and others covering rank 1 and 2 streets repeatedly. Also, contractors had equipment issues during the single digit days…