When snow falls, City crews prioritize plowing main roads like Kirkwood Road, Geyer Road, Essex, Woodlawn, Woodbine, and Couch to ensure emergency vehicles can pass. Crews also focus on hills and bridges during this stage. Secondary streets are only cleared after the snow has stopped.
Please note, some roads aren't maintained by the City. MoDOT manages Manchester Rd and parts of Kirkwood Rd/Lindbergh Blvd (north of Swan Ave and south of Big Bend Blvd). St. Louis County maintains roads like Adams Ave, Big Bend Blvd, sections of Ballas Rd, and Marshall Rd.
Order of Plowing
Secondary streets include Taylor, Fillmore, Dickson, Quan, Rose Hill, Clay, Lindeman, Harrison, Peeke, and Ann. When all those are done, crews move to subdivision streets and clear those.
Pre-Treating
When possible, crews pre-treat all City streets when a storm has been predicted. However, in some storms, when the temperatures are very low, pretreating may not work very well.
