Frequent Snowfall Poses Unique Challenges to Hopkins Snowplows
With storms hitting so frequently, roads aren’t necessarily getting plowed whenever a snowflake drops.
Improved snow-melting technology and strategic decisions about when roads shouldn’t be plowed are helping Hopkins weather this year’s heavy snowfall, said Jay Strachota, the city’s parks and streets superintendent. Residents may have noticed that plows aren’t necessarily scraping down to blacktop after each snowfall. Strachota said that’s because the city may let the snow sit for a bit if another snowstorm is expected soon afterward. “It’s a little different operating under a new day, new snow with these clippers coming through so frequently,” Strachota said. Public Works is using practices like that to mitigate the use of overtime whenever a follow-on storm is expected. Storms that have largely stayed just under the two-inch mark for …
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