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Streets and Roads lays out 2025–26 snow plan: salt stock, new equipment and staffing gaps
Summary
Director Rob Allen presented the city’s snow and ice plan, describing service levels, salt inventories, new equipment and the continued challenge of filling CDL driver vacancies; staff highlighted coordination with schools, contractors and LexCall/311.
Rob Allen, director of streets and roads, presented Lexington’s snow and ice control plan for the coming season, describing service-level targets, salt inventories, route balancing and staffing needs.
Allen said the department’s goals for Service Level 1 (one to four inches) are to complete road treatment within 48 hours of precipitation ending and to clear sidewalks within 96 hours. He told the committee the city currently has roughly 8,800 tons of salt in two barns and can order an additional 11,000 tons under budgeted authority.
“Service level 1, which is 1 to 4 inches of snow, we project to complete the plan within 48 hours of the precipitation ending,” Allen told the committee. He described treatment tiers for Service Level 2 (4–8 inches) and Level 3 (8 inches or more) and noted consecutive small events can escalate to a higher service level for response planning.
Equipment, contractors and changes for 2025–26
Allen said the city added three tanker…
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