City of Bismarck Declares Snow Emergency

Contact:
Gloria David
Public Information Officer
Phone: 701.220.2470
E-mail: gdavid@nd.gov

City of Bismarck Declares Snow Emergency

Bismarck, N.D. – A Snow Emergency has been declared and all designated snow emergency routes are included in this emergency declaration. Parking is prohibited on designated snow emergency routes; vehicles must be removed from these roadways and parked off the street on driveways or parking ramps. Snow gates are still being used when possible. Due to the 12 + inches of snowfall and the blowing and drifting snow conditions, the snow gates will not be able to hold back the large volume of snow that is in the plow at all times. We ask that citizens work together with their neighbors to open up driveways and mailboxes that may become blocked.
Street crews have plowed the emergency routes twice since 12:01AM on March 30, 2009 and have begun plowing the major arterial streets this morning. We anticipate that we will continue to plow the emergency and major arterials all day Monday until the snow and wind subside. Once the blizzard is over, residential streets will begin to be plowed. Please remove vehicles from all city streets to aid in snow removal operation. Keep them off the street until the plows have cleaned your area.

We want to thank the citizens for their cooperation during this spring blizzard event.
We ask that contractors cleaning parking lots DO NOT push the snow into the street or across the street onto the boulevard. If you’ve already done this, please remove the snow and haul it to the landfill.
It is illegal to push, shovel or blow snow into the street, alley, or onto another person’s property. The fine for this violation is up to $1000 and up to 30 days in jail.

Note:
There is a snow plowing map on the City’s web site under documents in the Public Works Department.

http://www.bismarck.org/uploads/doc_SnowEmergencyRoutes2Jan2009.pdf