I was listening to a radio report yesterday of the projected weather for the week of Thanksgiving. It sounds like we’ve got a lot of snow on the way. The weather reporter said we will see 10-12 inches in northern and central Minnesota, and lesser accumulations in the Twin Cities metro area.
Nonetheless, the Eden Prairie Street Division is prepared. The Street Division employees are getting their trucks in top working order, their blades sharpened, and their plowing wits about them.
Snow plowing is not easy. I have had the opportunity during my career to ride with several snow plow drivers. It is a skill you can learn, but for the best of them – it’s an art. They know when to speed up and when to slow down. They know when to push a load of snow through an intersection and when to dump it before it “leaks” past the plow. They remember where the high manhole covers are and where the weka mailboxes are that will wilt when hit with that first load of snow.
We have a highly trained and highly skilled crew of snow removal employees in the Eden Prairie Street Division. I think you’ll be meeting them soon.
