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Chester public works: staff mobilized, salt usage fell sharply in recent storm
Summary
Public Works Director Andrew Haman told council the city used about 50 tons of road salt in the recent storm compared with 400 tons in the larger storm a month earlier; staff worked extended shifts, used five plow trucks and a new bucket truck to clear street lights, and noted a $30,000 estimated repair for a traffic signal at 7th and Barkley.
Andrew Haman, Chester’s director of public works, briefed the City Council on the department’s response to the recent snowstorm and compared operations with a larger storm about a month earlier.
Haman said the prior, colder storm consumed roughly 400 tons of road salt (essentially the city’s storage capacity) while the recent, warmer storm required about 50 tons. Because temperatures were higher in the…
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