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City of Duluth provides update on snow

Sunday, March 12, 11:00 AM

[DULUTH, MN] City of Duluth staff are monitoring the weather forecasts provided by NWS Duluth this weekend. Roughly 14-16” of snow has already fallen in some areas over the last 10 hours and we have full crews and equipment out to keep main roads open for ambulances, buses, emergency vehicles, etc. We’re grateful for those crews who have made progress on main roads and some residential roads. Crews have run roughly 4,000 miles of routes already and will continue that work throughout the day. The National Weather Service in Duluth is forecasting more snow to continue today and taper off sometime this afternoon. This system has been dynamic and difficult to predict, so we encourage you to follow facebook.com/NWSDuluth to keep tabs on the forecast as it is refined.

Thank you to City of Duluth street maintenance crews who have already done great work throughout the weekend plowing, sanding, and salting to keep our roads safe for buses, police, fire, ambulance, and other vehicles.

Residents can do their part in helping with street maintenance operations by remembering to get out and move their cars today between 4pm and 8pm from the odd to the even side of the road. We know that with this much snow, moving your vehicle is difficult, and we ask that residents do their best to ensure that plows can efficiently get into those narrow neighborhoods to clear residential streets. Doing so will prevent crews from getting equipment stuck in neighborhoods with cars parked on both sides of the road. For information about alternate side parking, please visit https://duluthmn.gov/media/1118/parking-calendar.pdf.

For more information on our snow and ice policy, please visit https://duluthmn.gov/snow/.

A friendly reminder, too, that property owners and residents ought to shovel snow from the sidewalks abutting their properties 24 hours after a snow event so that residents who rely on pedestrian travel can do so safely.

The City thanks residents for their patience and understanding as crews work to maintain roads during these snow events. We will continue to monitor the conditions and provide updates as we are able throughout the weekend. Please stay safe while traveling.

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