Public Works News

The City’s crews have been plowing and treating streets today, Thursday, Feb. 17, and will continue tonight and overnight into Friday, Feb. 18. Crews are nearly complete with primary streets, and will be moving into secondary streets soon. Crews expect to begin residential streets by 7 a.m. Friday, and will continue plowing and treating until completed. Sun and warming temperatures are expected Friday and into the weekend.

The City’s crews are plowing and treating streets today, Thurs., Feb. 17. Crews completed pretreating streets overnight, and are currently working in primary streets and some secondary streets as snow continues to fall. The Lee’s Summit area is expected to receive 6-10 inches of snow. Depending on the total snow accumulations, it will likely take crews 32.5-40 hours after snow stops to plow and treat all streets in the city. Residents can help speed up...

The City’s crews pretreated residential streets today, Wed., Feb. 16, ahead of a winter storm set to impact the area on Thurs., Feb. 17. Crews are scheduled to begin working again at 7 p.m. this evening, and will start pretreating primary and secondary streets depending on conditions. The storm is expected to begin as rain on Wednesday evening, which may impact pretreatment, and will eventually transition to freezing rain/ice, sleet and snow early Thursday...

The City’s crews are plowing and treating residential streets today, Thurs., Feb. 3, and now expect to be completed by 7 p.m. tonight. Refreezing of melted snow is possible overnight and residents should use caution while driving. Crews are expecting to complete some additional clean-up of primary streets on Friday, Feb. 4, due to blowing and drifting snow. Even after plowing and treating, some pavements will remain packed with snow. Warmer temperatures and sun...

The City’s crews are plowing and treating residential streets today, Thurs., Feb. 3, and expect to be complete by midnight. Crews worked overnight and are approximately 35% complete with residentials as of this morning. While there was a dusting of additional snow overnight, it was not enough to impact operations. However, due to blowing and drifting snow, primary streets may need to be plowed and treated again. Snow may continue to be packed to streets even...