Indy Council Considers Snow Plow Rule

A proposal called "Proposal 69" is set to be heard March 13 by the council's Public Works Committee.

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INDIANAPOLIS–If you are sick of the conditions you have to endure when many residential streets don’t get plowed during snow storms, such as what happened in January, the Indianapolis City-County Council may be close to making some policy changes to improve it.

A proposal called “Proposal 69” is set to be heard March 13 by the council’s Public Works Committee.

That proposal would not change the priorities for snow removal, whichare: major thoroughfares, collectors, and streets adjacent to hospitals and fire stations. Second-priority streets are near schools and other essential services. The final priority is all remaining streets.

What the proposal would change is setting a standard of four inches for third priority streets, or residential streets, to be plowed.

The Public Works Dept. would also have to provide a financial statement to show how the plowing, which might include calling out contractors, affects the money in the bank for the department.