As some of you may be aware, there was a bit of a fiasco with the kids all getting to school this past Monday morning, thanks to the April snowstorm. (Is it SPRING yet?)
Due to the hard work of SunCrestResidents.org and Sarah Kocsis, Transportation Safety Chair, we have excellent news:
1. We now have three "snow watchers" set up in SunCrest who have direct line cell numbers to both Draper City Public Works people in charge of dispatching snowplows. Sometimes the valley is clear or rainy and the PW guys don't realize that we are getting snow that is sticking to the roads.
2. Same deal with Alpine School District-a lot of times the roads are fine at the bottom of the hill, but not so much up here. Sarah will call ASD Transportation directly when the roads are sketchy so they can notify the buses.
3. The Draper City Public Works Dep't will take special care to try to have the roads clear at school bus drop-off and pick-up times for all buses.
4. This summer, the City is building a salt dome and a storage facility in SunCrest to house the three plows and other snow removal equipment. That will cut down on the response time tremendously next winter.
We appreciate everyone's flexibility as we deal with what's left of Old Man Winter this season!
1 comment:
great news! thanks to all who've made these changes possible.
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