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City of Alliance Snow Removal Protocol and Tips
Winter can be an unpredictable experience in the City of Alliance. Snow and ice can be challenging for both residents and City street crews to control.
Clearing Snow on Your Property
- Removal of snow from sidewalks in front of your home is a responsibility of all citizens. The City of Alliance requires sidewalks to be cleared 24 hours after a snowfall. Snow free sidewalks are more than a convenience; they are a matter of public safety.
- Make sure you shovel the snow and ice into your yard and not the street.
- Residents concerned about unsafe sidewalks should contact the Alliance Police Department at 762-4955.
Snow Removal from the Streets
- The City of Alliance Public Works Department is devoted to keeping our streets as safe as possible.
- When the snow accumulation reaches three inches all streets will be plowed and salt will be applied to all major streets and side intersections.
- When the snow accumulation exceeds six inches a Snow Emergency will be declared and parking restrictions will apply.
Helping Us Serve You Better
- All of the City’s snow removal operations can be carried out in a more efficient and effective manner when streets and sidewalks are kept clear of parked vehicles.
- Do not deposit snow and ice onto the street as per City ordinance. This practice contributes to unsafe driving and walking conditions.
Please Don’t Take It Personally
- Pushing snow into a driveway opening, or along a car parked on the street is often unavoidable as City crews work to keep the streets passable. Unfortunately, we have not yet found a cost-effective means of avoiding the problem but we are always investigating promising new ideas.
- Please be patient! City crews have 171 lane miles of streets to plow. Depending on snow depth, it may take 18 hours to plow our entire community.
Designated Emergency Snow Routes
(1)U.S. Highway Nos. 385 and 2 within the corporate limits;
(2)Cody Avenue from Third Street to Kansas Street;
(3)Emerson Avenue from the northern corporate limits to Third Street;
(4)Box Butte Avenue from 25th Street to First Street;
(5)Mississippi Avenue from Tenth Street to Third Street;
(6)Potash Avenue from Third Street to Kansas Street;
(7)Third Street from Flack Avenue east to the corporate limits;
(8)All of Tenth Street included within the corporate limits;
(9)Sixteenth Street from Buchfinck Avenue to Box Butte Avenue;
(10)Twenty-fifth Street from Emerson Avenue to Sweetwater Avenue;
(11)Kansas Street from Highway 2 to Highway 385;
(12)Buchfinck Avenue from Tenth Street to Sixteenth Street;
(13)Black Hills Avenue from Third Street to Tenth Street.
(14)Sixth Street from Mississippi Avenue to Grand Avenue;
(15)Grand Avenue from Sixth Street to Seventh Street;
(16)Seventh Street from Grand Avenue to Mississippi Avenue.
