The Village of Moreland Hills Service Department provides snow removal for all dedicated streets within the Village boundaries which totals approximately 78 lane miles. During a continuous snowfall the plow routes are divided into two zones. Routes are plowed and salted with the Village main roads and secondary roads with steep grades taking top priority. When the snowplow operator has determined that the priority streets are safe for travel, all other secondary and side streets will be plowed and salted. During heavy continuous snows storms the servicedepartment enacts a conservation mode regarding salt usage requiring that all roads be plowed and salt only be applied at curves, hills, and intersections.
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Interesting Moreland Hills Snow Removal Facts
- The Village of Moreland Hills uses approximately 4000 tons of road salt per snow season
- The cost of salt per ton is $39.81
- The Villages on site salt dome stores approximately 1200 tons
- 1 snow and ice truck will dispense approximately 21 tons of salt per 8 hour shift
- The length of time to complete a snow removal route once, is approximately 4.5 hours
- The cost of 1 Municipal salt and Ice truck is approximately $130,000.00
- The Village of Moreland Hills provides Driveway Snow removal for qualifying residents
- The Village of Moreland Hills allows by ordinance, snow removal for non-dedicated streets that request snow and ice service for a fee based on linier feet
Snow and Ice Removal of The Future
The Village of Moreland Hills is looking into implementing the use of liquid de-icers for the 2008-2009 snow season. This will help reduce the overall use of granular road salt by 20- 30% per lane mile, which will not only be a cost savings to the Village, but also help to protect the environment for our children’s future.
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