City of LS Home Page
City of LS LinkedIn City of LS X City of LS Instagram City of LS Nextdoor City of LS YouTube City of LS LStv City of LS Emergency Alerts
Careers | Get Involved | Contact the City
Toggle Open Close Mobile Menu
Public Works  >  About Public Works  >  Public Works News

Search Public Works News

Public Works News Archive

Tags

Public Works News

  |   Views: 450
  |   Categories: Public Works News

Snow Event Dry Run - City Crews Preparing for Winter Weather Season Today, Wednesday, November 4

The City of Lee’s Summit is holding a snow event dry run from 7 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. today, Wednesday, November 4, to prepare for the upcoming 2026-2027 winter weather season. This exercise is an important part of the City’s annual preparation and helps ensure crews are ready to respond when winter weather arrives.

City crews will be testing equipment and software, and driving snow routes with plows and salt spreaders installed on trucks. The purpose is to ensure all equipment and software is working properly and that drivers are familiar with updated snow routes, which is critical to the City’s snow and ice control operations. The annual snow event dry run was scheduled in advance and is not in response to any forecast.

New this year, service levels and goal times have been updated to better reflect the severity of storms, current resources, and increased lane miles.  Depending on snow accumulation totals and storm severity, it can take from 18-90 hours for crews to complete snow and ice control operations after snow accumulations end. Before, during and after storms, residents can follow plowing and/or treating progress by visiting the Snow Map and Snow Updates at LSsnow.net.

As a reminder, the Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT) is responsible for plowing and treating major highways through Lee’s Summit including I-470, US-50, M-291 and M-150 along with the respective interchanges and most frontage roads. Visit MoDOT’s Traveler Information Map for real-time conditions during winter weather.

During snow events, residents can help the snow and ice control process by removing obstacles such as vehicles, basketball hoops and trash cans from streets. We also ask residents to remain patient - crews have more than 1,000 lane miles of streets and cul-de-sacs to plow and treat.

For more information about the City’s snow and ice control program, visit LSsnow.net or contact the Public Works Department at  publicworks@cityofls.net or 816.969.1800.

 

Print
Tags: Snow and Ice ControlLatest Snow and Ice ControlActive Snow and Ice Control
Previous
Closures Between NE Lakewood Way and NE Georgian Drive Set to Begin Monday, Nov. 2

Latest News

City Crews Prepared for Chance of Wintry Mix Sat., Jan. 7

City Crews Prepared for Chance of Wintry Mix Sat., Jan. 7

The City’s crews prepared trucks and equipment due to the chance of a wintry mix of precipitation on Sat., Jan. 7. The current forecast shows air and pavement temperatures should remain above freezing; however, the City will continue to monitor the weather and will call out crews as needed for response.

 

Freezing Drizzle/Ice Possible Tonight, Sun., Dec. 25

Freezing Drizzle/Ice Possible Tonight, Sun., Dec. 25

The City has a small crew scheduled to report at 7 p.m. tonight, Sun., Dec. 25, to monitor conditions and treat streets with salt as needed due to the potential for a wintry mix including freezing drizzle/ice. It is expected to be a fast moving storm. Drivers should use caution tonight and overnight into Mon., Dec. 26, especially on elevated surfaces such as bridges and overpasses. The City will continue to monitor the weather and update its response accordingly.
City Crews Set to Complete Plowing Today, Fri., Dec. 23

City Crews Set to Complete Plowing Today, Fri., Dec. 23

The City’s crews have been plowing residential streets today, Fri., Dec. 23, and expect them to be completed later this afternoon. Crews will then return to hot spot areas, such as bridges and hills, to apply salt treatment, and expect to wrap up all operations by early evening. Snow will remain packed to some streets due to low temperatures. As pavement temperatures warm the next few days and additional melting occurs, overnight refreezes are possible and...
City Crews Plowing Streets Today, Thurs., Dec. 22

City Crews Plowing Streets Today, Thurs., Dec. 22

The City’s crews are plowing streets today, Thurs., Dec. 22, and will continue plowing tonight and overnight into tomorrow, Fri., Dec. 23. Crews are completing primary streets and then will move into secondary streets, and expect to continue plowing secondary and residential streets overnight into Friday. No additional precipitation is predicted at this time and crews expect it may take 32.5 hours to plow all streets in the City after accumulating snow ended;...
City Crews Preparing for Winter Storm

City Crews Preparing for Winter Storm

The City’s crews began pre-treating residential streets today, Wed., Dec. 21, in preparation for the upcoming winter storm which is expected to start with a wintry mix of drizzle and light snow after 10 p.m. tonight. Crews reported at 7 p.m. tonight to finish pre-treating residential and secondary streets, and will continue pre-treating primary streets tonight and overnight into Thurs., Dec. 22, until temperatures plummet at which time salting operations will...
First495052