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DPW to expand telematics and brine use as snow-and-ice crews balance leaves and storms
Summary
DPW operations said it will expand telematics on snowplow trucks to better measure salt use and routing; officials warned that leaf collection can be delayed by early storms because the same crews and equipment respond to snow-and-ice events.
DPW operations described snow-and-ice plans for 2025-26, including wider use of telematics and brine pretreatment to reduce rock-salt usage and better target plow/salt deployment.
Director Danielle Rodriguez and snow-and-ice staff told the committee that the department now deploys telematics on snowplow trucks and will test an Esri-based map that overlays plow routes and GPS data for internal monitoring. Telematics will be used…
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