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District 19 and City-wide Meeting and Event Highlights for the Week of February 17, 2025

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In the D19

  • Spring Prescribed Burns in District 19 Parks: The Parks Department has published a list of parks targeted for prescribed burns this spring. Four District 19 parks are included: Owen Conservation Park, Strickers Pond, Wexford, and Woodland Hills.
  • The History and Future of Madison Transportation: At the February 11 Common Council meeting Transportation Director Tom Lynch provided a fascinating look at transportation in Madison from mule-drawn buses to BRT. See the presentation in this You-Tube video.

Updates and Notices

Snow Plowing Update: Plows will be out on the salt routes. Check in with the City of Madison for Winter Weather website about citywide plowing response.

All Streets to be Plowed Beginning at Noon Saturday

All Madison streets will be plowed starting at noon today. Please choose off-street parking options throughout the day to help with snowplowing operations.

We expect to receive more snow throughout the day on Saturday, too.  In looking at the forecasts, the amount of snow today, unfortunately, remains uncertain. Since entire snowplowing force may have their attention divided between maintaining the salt routes during an active snowstorm, while others are plowing residential areas, you should anticipate that this citywide plowing may take longer than usual.

Saturday Morning

The Streets Division plows have been looping through the 782 miles of traffic lanes since the storm began on Friday night.  Crews have been plowing and applying salt as needed.  Crews will continue looping through these routes throughout the morning until the citywide plowing gets underway.

Travel on these salt routes are still snowy in parts, but overall passable winter driving conditions so long as you are attentive and aware of road conditions.  Plan on needing extra travel time.

The low speed, low traffic residential areas that are not part of the salt route network are snow-covered.  Please make good choices when heading out the door this morning..

All Streets to be Plowed Starting at Noon

At noon, we will begin plowing all citywide of Madison roadways.

Please choose off-street parking options throughout the day as this will greatly help snowplowing operations.  Fewer obstacles and obstructions mean snowplows can do a better job getting snow pushed back all the way to the curb.

The overall snowplowing force involves crews from the Streets Division, our Urban Forestry section, and our partner public works agencies, the Parks and Engineering Divisions.  We also receive much needed help from heavy equipment contractors when plowing out the city.

Since we are plowing during the day, you may see plow trucks out working on plowing snow.  Please remember to keep your distance from the trucks performing this work.  Do not tailgate them.  Do not cut in front of them.  Exercise patience, be slow, and stay alert.

You should expect to encounter temporary blockages across intersections related to the plowing operations.  As plows circle through neighborhood streets, it is perfectly normal for snow to fall off the plow and pile up in front of cross streets.  This is the same concept as to why snow gets in front of your driveway (as plows are trying to push snow from the travel lanes to the side, whenever they encounter gaps where the curb disappears, snow falls off the plow and into those gaps). As trucks circle through your neighborhood, these temporary blockages will be resolved. It just takes time for plows to loop through every street.

Forecasts Show More Snow; Anticipate Travel Impacts and This Could Slow Down the Citywide Plowing

Citywide plowing operations take 12 to 14 hours to complete in most circumstances because Madison has a little more than 1,800 miles of traffic lanes to maintain, which is like driving from here all the way to the Mojave Desert in California.

Forecasts show we are expected to get more snow. How much, and how intense the snowfall will be, is to be determined.

Be prepared to encounter snowy weather and snowy roads again later today in your travels.

During a typical citywide snowplowing deployment, the salt routes are in fair to good condition before the residential plowing begins.  This way the 32 plows needed for treating the circle through the salt routes repeatedly can be used to plow residential areas.

Today’s predicted snowfall means we may need to subtract 32 plow trucks from the residential plowing force in order to keep them focused on maintaining the salt routes during the storm.

If we need to have fewer trucks performing residential plowing because 32 of them are needed for salt route duties, the residential plowing could take longer than usual.

Ongoing Response and Looking Ahead

Streets Division staff will continue to monitor the roads and weather.  Operations will adjust as required. Future updates regarding Streets Division operations will be provided.

Friday’s snow coupled with today’s snow means Streets Division crews will be working around the clock cleaning up from this event for a little while.  Also, be sure you are following all posted parking signs in the week ahead, especially in areas with Clean Streets Clean Lakes parking rules, as they will be used to continue the clean-up work. 

Boards, Commissions, and Committee Meetings

Note: This is not a complete list of meetings for this upcoming week. All meetings and their details can be found at the Meeting Schedule page.

If you would like more information about becoming a member of a City board, commission, or committee, please visit the page linked here.

Public Information Meetings (PIM’s)

Announcements and News Releases

Please visit the City news webpage to find additional news and announcements and to subscribe to receive notification of news releases as they are posted.

Events

Additional upcoming events can also be found on the City events calendar.

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