A winter storm warning is now in effect for the western Pennsylvania area by the National Weather Service.The snow started coming down quickly in the early evening hours. PennDOT’s Maintenance Manager’s for Alleghany County, Ben DeVore explained the plan of action for plowing roads into Monday.“When it comes to an event like this, where you’re talking 1 to 2 inches an hour, that’s a plowable event, so we’re really just going to be using our plows, and we’re only going to be using salt when we absolutely have to because we don’t want to salt and then plow it right back up when another truck comes through,” Ben DeVore said.Pittsburgh’s Acting Director of Public Works, Chris Hornstein, said salt trucks started treating the roads at 2:00 p.m.“We have about 1,200 miles of city streets, and some of those streets are very steep and very tricky. When we treat them, we try to treat them multiple times when we’re there, so that part of the city, the uniqueness of Pittsburgh does slow us down a little bit when it comes to opening up the streets,” Hornstein said.A snow-covered South Side did not stop fans from heading to the bar to cheer on the Steelers. Danny White said he hosted a tailgate outside of his home despite the winter weather.“It’s Ben’s last game. It’s the playoffs. It’s the Steelers. This is what we do in Pittsburgh, baby!” White said.Dave Whaley walked more than 15 minutes in the snowstorm to watch the game with friends.“It might be Ben’s last game ever, who knows, unless we pull off a miracle upset, then hey, we got next week,” Whaley said.Hornstein said crews are focusing on primary and emergency routes and will branch out into the neighborhoods Monday morning.“That’s where we need to stay right now, to assist our public safety friends, and that’s just to kind of keep things open and functional once we get a full daylight crew, and probably some time tomorrow is when we expect our drivers to get into the neighborhoods,” Hornstein said.Hornstein urged patience for people who live on hills and tight streets, asking that they park their car as close to the curb as possible so plows can get through.
A winter storm warning is now in effect for the western Pennsylvania area by the National Weather Service.
The snow started coming down quickly in the early evening hours. PennDOT’s Maintenance Manager’s for Alleghany County, Ben DeVore explained the plan of action for plowing roads into Monday.
“When it comes to an event like this, where you’re talking 1 to 2 inches an hour, that’s a plowable event, so we’re really just going to be using our plows, and we’re only going to be using salt when we absolutely have to because we don’t want to salt and then plow it right back up when another truck comes through,” Ben DeVore said.
Pittsburgh’s Acting Director of Public Works, Chris Hornstein, said salt trucks started treating the roads at 2:00 p.m.
“We have about 1,200 miles of city streets, and some of those streets are very steep and very tricky. When we treat them, we try to treat them multiple times when we’re there, so that part of the city, the uniqueness of Pittsburgh does slow us down a little bit when it comes to opening up the streets,” Hornstein said.
A snow-covered South Side did not stop fans from heading to the bar to cheer on the Steelers. Danny White said he hosted a tailgate outside of his home despite the winter weather.
“It’s Ben’s last game. It’s the playoffs. It’s the Steelers. This is what we do in Pittsburgh, baby!” White said.
Dave Whaley walked more than 15 minutes in the snowstorm to watch the game with friends.
“It might be Ben’s last game ever, who knows, unless we pull off a miracle upset, then hey, we got next week,” Whaley said.
Hornstein said crews are focusing on primary and emergency routes and will branch out into the neighborhoods Monday morning.
“That’s where we need to stay right now, to assist our public safety friends, and that’s just to kind of keep things open and functional once we get a full daylight crew, and probably some time tomorrow is when we expect our drivers to get into the neighborhoods,” Hornstein said.
Hornstein urged patience for people who live on hills and tight streets, asking that they park their car as close to the curb as possible so plows can get through.
