Residential Streets Get Extra Attention

Residents and visitors will see lots of activity on Ketchum’s residential streets over the next few days.

This season’s first winter storm brought lots of excitement and very long hours for the Ketchum street crew.

The city adheres to a carefully laid out system for clearing the streets. Concentration on the downtown core left residential areas with a compacted icy base that is difficult to remove with traditional plowing.

The city has deployed its fleet of graders to scrape the residential streets before the storm that is expected this week. This snow removal operation is necessary to provide safe passage and transit throughout the city.

Residents and visitors will likely see berms at driveways and should arrange to have them cleared. The city does not have the resources to remove the snow. 

Streets, facilities and utility department employees worked up to 14 hour shifts for around the clock snow removal during the last storm. The same schedule is expected to start again on Wednesday.

Please try to keep vehicles off the street during the day to allow the highest level of efficiency for snow removal.

Visit www.ketchumidaho.org/parking for winter parking details and to sign up to receive text alerts when snow plowing and winter road maintenance are taking place.