Any problems concerning road conditions, call the Street Department |
| Foreman Scott Johnson |
| P: 724-889-2007 |
| Secretary Christine Schubert |
| P: 724-889-2007 |
| Christine is in M-F 8:30 am to 12:30 pm |
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Councilman Frank Trozzi Foreman W. Scott Johnson |
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Street Department |
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The Street Department is located in the lower level of City Hall. This department consists of eleven (11) regular employees. The Sanitary Sewer Department is responsible for the maintenance and upkeep of the sewer conveyance system. With new lines being laid in the developments, the total miles of line is approximately 65 miles. The department is responsible for 12 lift stations. These stations are checked and maintained numerous times during each week. The various categories of work done by these men include: road construction, street restoration, storm sewer installation and repairs, as well as snow removal.
The City maintains approximately 65 miles of City accepted streets and is under contract to do the winter maintenance on 7.5 miles of State roads.
The Street Department has instituted a Pavement Management Plan which will keep the streets in good repair on a rotating basis.
The department also has initiated a 10-year Equipment Purchasing Plan so all of the City Equipment will be kept in safe and reliable condition. Our mechanics have set up a preventative maintenance plan on all of the equipment owned by the City, which includes police cars, to eliminate breakdown problems before they occur. |
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| Snow Removal | |
An important step in dealing with snowfall is street salting. Top priority is given to the City's main roads. Those roads are routes that the City has found to have the heaviest year-round traffic and usually are major arteries running north-south or east-west.
When 2 or 3 inches of snow has accumulated and more is expected, snow is more economically removed by plowing rather than salting. All City maintained roads, as well as residential streets will be plowed by the Street Department personnel. Our first responsibility is to open the main roads. The plows then continue to all streets on the road to "open up" each one in sequence. Remember that trained crews work round-the-clock during such storms to keep the roads open and passable.
After the storm is over, crews continue to monitor all roads for icy spots and areas where winds redeposit the snow in traffic lanes. Usually an application of salt or ashes is applied to all streets so that the riding surface remains drivable. Crews are also dispatched to clear the catch basins so that the melting snow can run off. |