SEQUIM — The city’s lone street sweeper could take more than a week to clean up the 120 tons of sand and gravel that snow-removal trucks left behind during last week’s snowstorm.
The storm dumped more than a foot of the frozen white stuff, Public Works Director Paul Haines told the City Council on Monday night.
The sand and gravel were combined with 5 tons of de-icer for the first time to help clear the snow, Haines said.
The city had bought 200 tons of sand and gravel and 10 tons of de-icer to combat snowfall on the city’s 54 miles of roads.
“We are prepared for the next event, which we hope is a year away, but we are not taking out any bets on that,” Haines said.
Crew of 12
Haines said few complaints about snow removal were registered with his office.
A crew of 12, led by two sand trucks with snowplows and a road de-icer truck, worked in shifts around the clock after the Nov. 22-23 snows to keep up on clearing roads.
Haines said sand and de-icing solution would be used on the city’s main intersections and arteries to combat ice buildup that may result from bone-chilling temperatures or additional snow.
Snow-removal emphasis was on Sequim’s main thoroughfares of Washington Street, Sequim Avenue, River Road and Third, Fifth and Seventh avenues, according to Haines.
Haines showed the City Council a www.peninsuladailynews.com video of the snowstorm in the Sequim area that can be viewed at http://tinyurl.com/22k7abv.
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Sequim-Dungeness Valley Editor Jeff Chew can be reached at 360-681-2391 or at jeff.chew@peninsuladailynews.com.
