Cook County committee reviews rewritten snow-removal policy formalizing current practice

Mar 18, 2025

County highway staff presented a one-page rewrite of the county's snow-removal policy March 18, formalizing existing practices including 4 a.m. dispatch, end-of-day stop times, route priorities (buses, Gunflint Trail) and different treatment for gravel roads.

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Cook County's Committee of the Whole on March 18 reviewed a rewritten county snow-removal policy that county highway staff said primarily clarifies wording and documents current practice rather than changing service levels.

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