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Public Works outlines winter-operations plan, classifications and tech upgrades
Summary
Public Works detailed a four-tier storm classification system, equipment inventory, material budgets and new technologies (AVL, sensors, pre-wetting) intended to improve snow-response efficiency and public notification; staff will refine metrics and report after the season.
Public Works presented Brookings’ winter-operations plan, describing response classifications, priority routes, equipment, material budgets and technology upgrades intended to make snow removal safer and more efficient.
Jeremy Linstead, street division manager, and John Thompson, Public Works director, outlined four storm classifications from light Class 1 events to Class 3 heavy events and ice storms, described emergency snow-route operation and parking-ban protocols, and explained partner notifications to public-safety…
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