• The City has an 12 man street department (1 man from the Parks Department will help with snow removal) for a total of a 12 man snow removal operation.
• There are 208 Streets in the City.
• The City removes snow from 55.26 miles of street.
• Off hours call outs are made by the Police Department to Public Works Staff for 24 hour notification capability.
• These notifications require a minimum of 2" of snow.
• Initial efforts to remove snow during normal business hours will have the highest manpower available.
• After 8 hours, removal efforts will cut back by sending 6 men home for 8 hours, leaving 8 men on the job. The 6 (at home) men will cycle out for the duration of the snow event.
• The crews have to concentrate first, on the main routes before clearing and salting subdivision streets.
• During removal, the smaller (1-ton) truck goes in front of the larger (2-ton) truck. The 2-ton truck carries the bulk of the salt needed. Both trucks make 2 passes on the street, as follows:
  • The first truck provides the initial first lane plowing.
  • The second provides curbline plowing and salt to the first lane.
  • The first truck (after making the turn in the cul-de-sac) provides the initial second lane plowing.
  • The second truck provides further curbline clearing of snow to the second lane with more salt application to the street.
• Cars parked on the street provide real access problems for snow removal trucks. Please see to it that your vehicle is not parked in the street during snow events.
• Cul-de-sacs take extra time and care to service.
  • We cannot service cul-de-sacs with cars parked in them.
• The City cannot provide private service for driveways.
• State and County routes are not cleared by City crews. These are serviced by the respective jurisdiction.

There are several private streets that have maintenance issues that are keeping them from being on our list for snow removal service. Two people on each of these streets have been notified by mail that their street is currently not on the snow removal route for this year. Those letters gave the specific reasons as to why they would not be serviced. It gave the contact information for the recipient to call, after the repairs were made, so that Street Superintendent, Bob Riggs could inspect the street to place it back on the route for snow removal service. If you live on the following streets, you are on a private street that will not have snow removal service from the City of Sunset Hills:

• Belfast Drive
• Birch Tree Lane off Eddie & Park
• Bird Haven Lane
• Break Court
• Collar Court
• Chrisan Lane
• Cottage Ridge
• Flagstick
• Friendship Ridge
• Fringe Court
• Gary Player Drive
• Landmark Parkway
• Little Baish Lane
• Maurer Industrial Drive
• Moresi Drive
• Rock Alva Road
• Rosalind Court
• Sappington Place
• Sappington Road
• Southgate Lane
• Sunset Glen Street
• Sunset Grove Court
• Sunset View Estates
• Winter Estates Drive
• Workbench

UPDATE INFORMATION FOR SNOW DAYS

If you would like a direct link to the latest snow removal weather information, you can go to National Weather Service where they have the forecast and a link to weather radar for St. Louis. They have the latest weather information in the form of a radar loop.