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Hwy. Dept. Reports
On Snow Removal
Virginia’s highway crews follow an established, timetested plan of clearing the most heavily traveled roads first when winter snow and ice storms occur. This means that top prior ity goes to the interstate, arterial and other busy primary and a few major secondary routes, with a goal of providing safe travel without snow tires or chains as quickly as possible. Other primary road? afl<3 the rest of the vast secondary system receive attention as soon as manpower and equipment can be spared from the main highways, with emphasis on school bus routes. Many factors control the time it takes — the depth of the Snow, obviously, but also the type of snow. It takes longer, for example, to clear a wet snow than a dry one. If winds are high, snow may drift. Sharp temperature drops require repeated treatment of freezing spots with chemicals and abrasives. Progress could be delayed by an abnormal amount of equipment breakdown, although careful advance checks and maintenance are designed to keep this problem at a minimum.
The objective is to open and clear the State’s 50,000 miles of highways as quickly as possible-- and this usually means many extra work hours for the 6,000 Highway Department employees involved in the snow fight during a State-wide storm. Here’s a summary of field engineers’ comments on other facets of snow removal opera
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