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Owensboro street manager details winter operations: routes, fleet and salt supplies
Summary
Street manager Andrew Osborne told the commission the city runs six snow routes covering about 130 miles, maintains 1,200 gallons of salt brine and stores 2,500 tons of salt and 6,000 gallons of calcium chloride, and uses a mix of brine and salt depending on temperature and weather forecasts.
Andrew Osborne, Owensboro’s street manager, presented the city’s winter operations plan to the City Commission Sept. 2, outlining training, equipment, route coverage and materials on hand.
Osborne said the street department conducts fall training—video instruction, practice driving on controlled courses and dry runs of snow routes—and pairs new drivers with experienced…
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