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Updated: 7:01 AM Mar 22, 2006
Spring Storm
Heartland digs out It's time to find the pavement. The snow has stopped and now the challenge is to get it off of the roads and sidewalks.
Posted: 8:52 PM Mar 17, 2006 |
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Day two of the spring snowstorm brought more sloppy challenges on the roads but, for the most part, street crews and drivers rose to the occasion.
The snowplows have been running around the clock, pushing away snow and slush while laying down salt and sand.
The work the road crews did during the overnight hours made Mike Olson's commute uneventful.
"The roads were nice," he said. "They were slushy. The snowplows were out two or three lanes apiece. Other than the snow, it was nice."
John Stastny couldn't enjoy the driving Tuesday but he did find reason to be grateful.
| Most of Omaha's trash collections remained on schedule Monday and Tuesday.
Residents can assist Deffenbaugh's personnel by ensuring that materials set out for collection remain visible and accessible. Missed collections should be reported to the City's Solid Waste Hotline, 444-5238, after 7:00 PM on their normal collection day. |
He said, "The side streets weren't that great but they weren't as bad as I thought it was suppose to be."
A lot of drivers told us the roads weren't as bad as they expected. Part of that was because the storm was well predicted and tracked. Street crews had days to prepare. They were ready to go when the snow fell.
The storm left behind as much as 25 inches of snow in the central part of the state and brought traffic to a halt on long stretches of Interstate 80.
Final storm totals in the Omaha metro area ranged from 11 to 15 inches. Bennington had 15 inches; Valley 13 inches and Gretna totaled 11 inches.
Authorities said the storm contributed to the deaths of two drivers Sunday after a collision on U.S. Highway 6, just east of Cambridge.
