Starting December 20 local construction services company Taylor Northwest is donating to the community four street graders for three full days of additional snow cleanup work, to continue to clear streets that still have abundant snow piled up.
Taylor Northwest’s four street graders will be strategically distributed around the four quadrants in the City and focus on areas where there is the most need for additional snow removal. Taylor Northwest crews will work 7am to 3:30pm on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. They anticipate targeting, in this order, arterials, collectors and main local streets. The donated crews will not be covering the City’s entire 850 miles of roads.
“Considering the amount of snow fall and the miles of roads to be plowed, City staff and crews have done a wonderful job in keeping our roadways open to the public. Hopefully with some extra help these crews can enjoy Christmas at home with their families,” said Todd Taylor, owner of Taylor Northwest.
The City of Bend streets and operations department will send one plow along with each of the Taylor Northwest crews for additional clean up.
“We appreciate the additional effort from Todd Taylor and the Taylor Northwest Team in helping us serve our community at no additional cost to the City,” said Streets Director David Abbas. “The City had all available resources, including contracted resources such as Taylor Northwest, working around the clock for numerous days during the winter event this past week. With above freezing temperatures in the forecast this week, Taylor Northwest generosity in donating equipment and operators will go a long ways in helping with the cleanup efforts following the storm.”
After the first two inches of snow accumulates during a storm, the City uses its own crews and equipment and prioritizes plowing a connected network of high-volume streets primarily for emergency service operations – major roads such as Third Street, 27th Street, Mt. Washington Drive and Reed Market Road. Then City crews and equipment focus on routes to medical facilities, schools, major employment centers and places that need special attention, such as steep hills or curves.
The City of Bend works with multiple contractors assigned to plow certain geographic residential areas, as a supplement to services provided directly by the Streets and Operations Department after six inches of snow accumulates and a storm appears to have has set in. Taylor Northwest is one of those contractors.
