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Snow Removal
The Highway Department’s top priority is reacting to the prevailing weather conditions to maintain public safety on 120-plus miles of Town and County roads in Lysander. Plowing, sanding and salting are the primary services provided by the Highway Department, with experienced drivers as the backbone of the program.
Residents of Lysander are seldom “snow bound”. It takes the Highway team 3 – 3.5 hours to make one full pass through the Town. This first pass is typically completed before school busses need to be in neighborhoods and before the morning commute. School and Highway personnel are in constant communication to ensure the safety of everyone involved in school transportation.
It is a fact that when a plow pushes snow it creates a windrow at the edge of its path. Snow is pushed into driveways and it is impossible to retrace a route and clear these windrows. When the snow banks get too high and reduce visibility, they are cut back or hauled away.
As a courtesy to residents, the Highway Department will repair damage caused by snow removal operations. This includes lawns, driveways and possibly mailboxes. Please contact the Highway Department at (315) 635-5551 to report any damage. The area will be examined and repaired as soon as is practical.
The Town cannot prevent the snow from collecting at the end of your driveway, but there are several ways property owners can work with the Town to minimize the affects of snow removal:
- Keep garbage cans and recycling bins in your driveway, well back from the road and away from the path of the snowplow.
- Stake the edge(s) of your lawn.
- Mailboxes and posts are replaced only if hit by snowplow equipment, so check your mailbox, newspaper box and the supporting posts in the fall. Perform the “shake test”. If the post is already shaky, the post is unstable and will not withstand the pressure of flying snow. Check your mailbox for loose or missing parts. Replacement mailboxes are standard black or white metal boxes, installed on a 4x4 post. The Town is not responsible for replacing designer boxes, posts or any style of newspaper box. (If you have such a box, you may want to consider removing it for the winter months and replacing it with a standard box.) Mailboxes are installed per US Post Office regulations.
- If you utilize a private snow removal service, make sure you and your contractor are in agreement with the needs of your household. We cannot coordinate Town wide snow removal with private contractors.
- Remember: it is illegal to leave snow in a roadway
- There is no overnight parking on any Lysander streets November 1 to April 15 from 2 a.m. to 7 a.m.
- Drive carefully, allow extra time and distance for stopping.
- Be considerate of snow removal equipment and allow as much room as possible.
- Educate your children to the dangers of making tunnels and playing on or near roadside snow banks.
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