Mayor urges citizens to clear sidewalks, TARC bus stops
Parked cars should be removed from major snow routes by 6 p.m. today
LOUISVILLE (March 4, 2015) – As city crews prepare to tackle another major winter storm, Mayor Greg Fischer is urging citizens to do their part to help the community get through this latest snow and ice.
According to meteorologists and the National Weather Service, a significant amount of snow – 7 to 11 inches – is headed toward Louisville.
As soon as the snow starts, the nearly 300-person Snow Team will be out salting and plowing, working in 12 hours shifts around the clock. They will focus on the main routes — the streets that, once treated, will help improve mobility through the city. Since the snow was preceded by steady rain, it was not possible to pre-treat the roads with brine.
Fischer said residents and businesses can do two critical things to help. First, all parked cars should be removed from the city’s 98 major snow routes by 6 p.m., so that crews can quickly get in and plow. This also will help vehicle owners because, with the large amount of snow, plows are likely to trap vehicles parked along the plowing routes.
“It’s also critical for everyone to pitch in and help clear sidewalks so people have a place to walk and citizens using walkers or wheelchairs have ample space to move about,” Fischer said.
The Mayor said the best time to do this is immediately after the snow has stopped falling but before it’s compacted and turns to ice. After it’s compacted, removing it is much more difficult.
“We also need citizens to help us remove snow from around the nearly 5,000 TARC bus stops,” Fischer said. “During the last snow, many TARC stops became a hazard because they were icy and frozen.”
Fischer said employees from several city government agencies and inmates from Metro Corrections are being pulled together, along with employees of TARC, to create a TARC Dig Out Team. These employees will focus on the most highly-used TARC bus stops. But even with this new combined approach, there’s no physical way the city can address all of the bus stops. Since most TARC bus stops are on sidewalks, property owners are technically responsible for clearing sidewalks in and around TARC stops.
“That’s why we are asking for citizens to pitch in and help. Our TARC Dig Out Team will do its part and we need citizens to do their part,” Fischer said.
List of major roads that are plowed. Citizens are being asked to voluntarily remove their vehicles from these routes by 6 p.m. today to avoid getting plowed in.
Algonquin Parkway
Bank Street
Bardstown Road
Barret Avenue
Baxter Avenue
Belmar Drive
Berry Boulevard
Bluegrass Avenue
Breckenridge Lane
Breckenridge Street
Broadway
Brook Street
Brownsboro Road
Campbell Street
Cannons Lane
Castlewood Avenue
Cecil Avenue
Cherokee Parkway
Chestnut Street Connector
Chestnut Street
Churchman Avenue
Clay Street
Crittenden Drive
Dixie Highway
Dumesnil Street
Dutchman Lane
Eastern Lane
Furman Boulevard
Floyd Street
Frankfort Avenue
Garland Avenue
Grade Lane
Gray Street
Greenwood Avenue
Grinstead Drive
Goss Avenue
Hancock Street
Hazelwood Avenue
Hill Street
Hillcrest Avenue
Jackson Street
Jacob Street
Jefferson Street
Johnson Street
Kenwood Drive
Kentucky Street
Lampton Street
Leith Lane
Lexington Road
Liberty Street
Madison Street
Main Street
Manslick Road
Market Street
Mellwood Avenue
Muhammad Ali Boulevard
New Grade Lane
New Cut Road
Newburg Road
Northwestern Parkway
Oak Street
Pee Wee Reese Road
Phillip Lane
Poplar Level Road
Portland Avenue
Preston Highway
Preston Street
Roy Wilkins Boulevard
St. Catherine Street
Shelby Street
Southern Parkway
Southside Drive
Southwestern Parkway
Stilz Avenue
Story Avenue
Taylor Boulevard
Taylorsville Road
Trevilian Way
Vermont Avenue
Virginia Avenue
Winkler Avenue
Woodlawn Avenue
Zorn Avenue
1st Street
2nd Street
3rd Street
4th Street
5th Street
6th Street
7th Street
8th Street
15th Street
18th Street
21st Street
22nd Street
26th Street
28th Street
34th Street
41st Street
