Winter Preparedness
The City clears ice and snow from Tulsa's arterial (main)
streets. It also clears ice and snow from streets around hospitals
and schools. The City has the following resources available to
combat snow and ice:
- 51 truck-mounted sand-salt spreaders
- 24 truck-mounted snow plows
- 2 motor graders for use as plows
- 1 truck-mounted liquid de-icer spraying units
- 110 employees
The spreaders are assigned to 35
specific routes totaling 1,500 lane-miles. Spreading and plowing
routes are prioritized based on traffic counts. Expressways,
arterials and streets around hospitals are on the highest-priority
routes. Additional arterials, streets around schools, and secondary
arterials in residential neighborhoods are the second-highest
priority. Once the main streets are cleared and conditions permit,
selected residential streets are treated based upon conditions and
special circumstances.
You can get information on winter storm
operations 24 hours a day at 596-9711.
