{"id":95422,"date":"2019-02-26T22:42:32","date_gmt":"2019-02-27T05:42:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/storm-has-passed-but-snow-removal-continues-in-durango-neighborhoods\/"},"modified":"2019-02-26T22:42:32","modified_gmt":"2019-02-27T05:42:32","slug":"storm-has-passed-but-snow-removal-continues-in-durango-neighborhoods","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/storm-has-passed-but-snow-removal-continues-in-durango-neighborhoods\/","title":{"rendered":"Storm has passed, but snow removal continues in Durango neighborhoods"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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A city of Durango snowplow barely squeezes between parked cars last week on a street in north Durango. Snow removal crews have been working around the clock to clear residential streets.<\/span>Jerry McBride\/Durango Herald file<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>

Durango plow drivers have been working around the clock for a week to clear city roads of ice and snow, city officials said.<\/p>\n

Last week\u2019s storm dumped 2 to 3 feet of snow in and around Durango<\/a>. Plows have been on constant rotation to keep streets clear and move snow to more suitable locations, said Levi Lloyd, director of city operations.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve been working a lot of hours,\u201d Lloyd said.<\/p>\n

Crews focus first on clearing snow around schools, Lloyd said. Then city workers field requests from residents who call about problems in their neighborhoods, he said. Some neighborhoods worked together to coordinate moving vehicles off the street to allow plow drivers to move snow that\u2019s piled around parked cars.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe biggest thing now is getting the cars off the street,\u201d Lloyd said. \u201cWe can\u2019t push the snow piles until these cars move.\u201d<\/p>\n

Since snow started falling in Durango, Basin Towing & Repair has removed between 20 and 30 vehicles from city and county roads, said Manager Paul Krueger. This past storm wasn\u2019t that bad, he said. It was the storm in the middle of February, the one with wet, heavy snow<\/a>, that caused the most problems, Krueger said.<\/p>\n

Many of the vehicles Krueger\u2019s crews have towed were abandoned before the snow started, he said. Some of the vehicles\u2019 plates were expired, others didn\u2019t have plates at all, he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe biggest reason it became such a problem is because it snowed,\u201d Krueger said.<\/p>\n

Some snow piles around town have vehicles buried underneath them that haven\u2019t been moved since the snow began falling, Lloyd said. Leaving vehicles parked indefinitely on the street is illegal in Durango, he said.<\/p>\n

The city\u2019s policy for snowplowing, except in the downtown area, is to push snow from the center line to the curb, Lloyd said. That sometimes means pushing snow into people\u2019s driveways. While the city tries to avoid burying people\u2019s driveways, it can\u2019t be totally avoided. It\u2019s part of living in snow country, he said.<\/p>\n

Snowplow drivers aren\u2019t insensitive to leaving snow berms in front of driveways: Some plow drivers finish their 12-hour shift to go home and shovel snow from their own driveways, he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf you don\u2019t own a snow shovel and live in Colorado, you\u2019re going to have a bad day,\u201d Lloyd said.<\/p>\n

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