Five inches of snow as of 4:30 p.m., Sunday (per the Dispatch).
The city of Baxter snowplow was nowhere to be seen on my street 24-hours since the snow started. Finally, Monday morning (more like 30-plus hours after the snow started) my street was plowed.
And we pay taxes for this kind of (non) service?
It could be a long winter.
John Nielsen
Baxter
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Add commentSurprise John ! Most snow removal is done after it stops snowing
Especially on weekends.
Cass County certainly does a bang up job of getting their roads cleared and sanded on week day morning very early.
Plowing and sanding resources everywhere have to be deployed using a bit of common sense and cooperation.
MN DOT , the Counties, Cities and Townships around here seem to work very closely together to provide safe roads while constantly adjusting to a moving target.
But if it snows for hours--they USED to plow some early
Just so emergency vehicles, people who still HAVE TO go to work, etc. could maybe have a chance of getting out and about on some roads.
It seems they don't plow a single street anymore until the last flake had fallen, and it affects sales at stores, people's ability to work, and emergency travel.
Also--used to be they had major routes they'd run a plow down on a more frequent basis, so you'd know if you at least could reach them you could maybe get out of your neighborhood for work or emergencies. No more to that, either.