Then, the city blows it…

In Park City, when the winter is as severe as this year, snow removal is a two-stage process. First, our municipal crew pushes the snow with a regular snowplow, enough to clear the road and allow cars to move around. This initial phase leaves us with streets that are not as wide as they normally are, but folks seem to make do with it. The number one priority in town is always the historic district - the Old Town if you prefer - where streets are much narrower, activity is intense and traffic significantly higher. There, the city resorts to loaders and dump trucks to get all the snow out of the way after snowplows and locals have pushed and cleared everything they could. When that job is done, the city starts taking care of its residential neighborhoods and come with a heavy-duty snow-blower to restore the streets close to their original width and give more elbow room to the many of us that still can’t live with their humongous, gas-thirsty SUV. Yesterday, a city crew came to our street with their four-wheel contraption and appeared to have the time of their lives, cutting sleek and square vertical banks on either sides of the street. In my next life, I really want to run of these neat machines!