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In Tuesday, October 7th's Environmental Quality and Public Works (EQPW) Committee, Streets and Roads Director Rob Allen will present an overview of the City's plan for winter weather this season.
The biggest difference between this year's snow plan and last year's is the amount of money and personnel LFUCG is prepared to use for snow plowing.
LFUCG has 8,000 tons of road salt stored. The Fiscal Year 2026 (FY26) City Budget has roughly $1.2 million allocated to purchase up to 11,500 additional tons of salt if needed.
$1.9 million has been invested in three tanker trucks for pre-treating roads before a winter storm and three new replacement dump trucks.
Eight trucks are available for hired contractors to operate in case of a strong winter storm.
New winter weather treatment equipment has been purchased to be added to LFUCG vehicles that aren't typically used for winter weather.
147 positions within LFUCG are able to help with winter weather emergencies.
82 of these positions are in Streets and Roads. Other positions from Water Quality, Parks and Recreation, Environmental Services, and contractors can be called on to help in case of a strong winter storm.
Streets and Roads has snow routes divided among nine zones throughout Lexington. Within those zones, roads are ranked according to priority.
Rank 1 roads are major arterial roads in Lexington, such as Nicholasville Road, Harrodsburg Road, and Man O' War Boulevard.
Rank 2 roads are major connector streets like Lane Allen Road, Loudon Avenue, and Henry Clay Boulevard.
Rank 3 roads are collectors like Sandersville Road and Angliana Avenue.
Rank 4 roads are major local streets like Hart Road and Dunkirk Drive.
All other roads are unranked.
Streets and Roads will plow all ranked roads in storms where 1-4 inches of snow accumulates.
In storms with 5-8 inches of snow, they will also plow certain unranked local streets.
Storms exceeding 8 inches of snow will result in as many streets as possible being plowed.
Streets and Road is also working with Fayette County Public Schools to incorporate FCPS bus routes into how Lexington's roads are prioritized in the snow plan.
The finalized snow plan will be posted on the City's website on October 31st.
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Watch the meeting: The Environmental Quality and Public Works Committee will meet on Tuesday, October 7th at 1pm in Council Chambers. You can attend in-person or watch live on LexTV.
