Plows struggle to keep up in Anchorage after a succession of snowstorms.
A pedestrian navigates sidewalks that haven't been cleared along Northern Lights Boulevard on February 16, 2022.
Following warmer temperatures Wednesday afternoon, many streets had filled with pools of slop here and glazed swaths of ice there, keeping drivers on their toes. Instead, the major issue are the repeat snowfalls, he said. When one snowfall arrives on the heels of another, road plowers have to abandon their work on smaller roads and move to busier roads that are top priorities.“These last three weeks, we’ve had seven or eight different snow events, and then mixed with heavy rain, it takes a bit to get everything dug out,” VanLandingham said. “We can catch up if we can catch a break in the next couple of days.
The city and the Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities are responsible for plowing and grading different roads. Thethe Seward and Glenn highways, and other major roads, including most of A and C streets and much of Northern Lights Boulevard. The city handles the other roads. Manpower hasn’t been an issue for the state, and the state hasn’t paid an unusual amount of overtime this year, she said. About seven or eight state operators are running heavy equipment for each shift, though they can double up as they did Wednesday as rain and snow fell, she said.
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