KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The KCMO Public Works Department is taking new measures to make sure roads are treated quickly and cleared when snow strikes the city.
The new City Manager, Brian Platt, made several recommendations to handle the big task of snow removal on city streets. It takes a lot of man power, equipment and training to make sure the roads are driveable.
Platt advised that the department needs to be more aggressive on snow days.
"Just a few days ago, we overnight had 60 more drivers than the previous storm. During the day, we had 15 more drivers [than] during the previous storm. So that really shows you that we really are trying to get those extra trucks, those extra drivers where we can, to really improve our snow removal strategy," Maggie Green with the KCMO Public Works Department said.
The city is training and utilizing trash truck drivers to work as plow truck drivers to help meet the demands of the new plan.
