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Show . r j " i - . n i ' - r j - 1 Davis county residents woke lots into the roads causing a public f Tuesday morning to the sound of hazard. ff snow shovels and plows as a winter While plows in North bait Lake ll storm dumped on the valley. seemed nonexistent at times, Wood The storm dropped nine inches of said they were hard at work clearing snow on the valley floor and thir- main thoroughfares first. U teen inches on Bountiful area ben- Clearing the roads during an Davis county residents woke Tuesday morning to the sound of snow shovels and plows as a winter storm dumped on the valley. The storm dropped nine inches of snow on the valley floor and thirteen thir-teen inches on Bountiful area benches. ben-ches. Rod Wood, North Salt Lake public pub-lic works director, said many citizens do not understand the snow removal policy. Citizens are not to place snow from their driveways onto the streets and businesses are responsible for clearing their own sidewalks. According to Wood, there was a problem with some businesses pushing snow from their parking lots into the roads causing a public hazard. While plows in North Salt Lake seemed nonexistent at times, Wood said they were hard at work clearing main thoroughfares first. Clearing the roads during an average storm typically requires about 100 tons of salt. On Wednesday, Wednes-day, 300 tons North Salt Lake used 300 tons. In West Bountiful, plow drivers took turns for nearly 24 hours clearing clear-ing the roads. Even golf course project pro-ject coordinator, Paul Bergantz, and West Bountiful Chief of Police Wayne Jepsen took turns behind the plow's wheel. V ' I y. ' - - I7 J I Reports of vehicles sliding off Davis county roads inundated public service offices. The storm made a mess of morning drive-time. j The creek running through Mueller Park was nearly covered as the benches received 13 inches of new snow in Wednesday's storm. I p Photo b7 Roger Tuttle The only major snow slide in Davis County was In Mueller Park's playground. |