By: Ryan J. Stanton
AnnArbor.com Staff
Posted: Nov 11, 2009 at 4:44 PM [Nov 11, 2009]
USA Today reports today that the wait for a snowplow may be longer in some communities this winter as tight budgets, layoffs and high salt prices force cuts in snow removal services.
According to the USA Today national report, Washtenaw County is no exception.
Jim Harmon, Road Commission operations director, told the newspaper that crews on overtime won't be dispatched to subdivision streets or unpaved roads this winter until 4 inches of snow accumulates or there's an ice storm or blowing and drifting. He also said the Road Commission expects to pay 40 percent more for salt than last winter.
Read the full story here.
Ryan J. Stanton covers government for AnnArbor.com. Reach him at ryanstanton@annarbor.com or 734-623-2529.
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John Galt
Posted Nov 13 2009
yet another reason to buy a SUV or other 4-wheel drive vehicle. Between the crumbling, pothole-ridden roads and the failure to plough the roads, we are regressing back to the 1800's. Those
"eco-boxes" are just going to get stuck (or disappear into a sinkhole).