ST. LOUIS — The city of St. Louis is taking proactive measures to prepare for an upcoming winter storm, following criticism of its response to the last storm.
Mayor Tishaura Jones’s office released a plan detailing the city’s strategy to combat the approaching winter weather. City trucks will begin pretreating roads today and tomorrow, and 50 drivers will be on call when the main storm hits on Wednesday.
Conner Kerrigan from the mayor’s office explained that while residential streets will not be plowed due to the difficulty of navigating parked cars, the city is expecting smaller plows in March that could address this issue.
During the last major winter storm, many residential streets in St. Louis were impassable, leading to private snowplow companies stepping in to assist. Some residents were unable to move their cars for days.
The city hopes that its new plan will prevent the issues experienced during the last storm, although the effectiveness of these measures remains to be seen.
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