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Service department reports winter operations, pothole repairs and planned roundabout yield signs
Summary
City service staff told council about salt usage, pothole patching, streetlight outages and plans to install yield signs and other markings at a local roundabout as weather allows.
Dennis, a city service staff member, reported to Twinsburg City Council on Jan. 14 that the city responded to 11 winter events so far this season and used roughly 2,809.25 tons of road salt — comparable to the prior year.
Dennis said the department has filled 829 potholes this season using a cold asphalt patch and completed three rounds of senior driveway plowing, each round covering about 226 driveways when requests were received. He also reported streetlight outages: 36 outages reported in December to Ohio Edison, 30 repaired and 6 awaiting backwater heads or poles; the program has recorded 584 total outages since inception.
On a neighborhood safety item, Councilmember (unnamed in agenda) raised resident concerns about a nearby roundabout and asked whether yield signs with solar flashing be installed. Dennis said the yield signs and right-lane-only signs for the teardrop ends have been manufactured and are on the schedule but installation is waiting for warmer weather because crews must bore into concrete.
Dennis also described an upcoming tree-trimming program, steps the department will take if a tree is determined to be dead or diseased, and the notification letter residents will receive if a tree removal is required.
The council did not take formal action; the report was informational and staff indicated signage installation and tree work would proceed according to the department's schedule and weather constraints.
