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Show U . .(I I llf i ' ' " """"t..-. ,, t , - - . r I - f I , . , . . ; ! ,,.. . "'"- - -f; -! f I f i I ' ' 4 ' I 1 ; T s ( . - . : J '.'-' ' , " ... - . - .-' '-.. r- i - y - s . s , ,.'', , ', t ' --if! " . . - -3.-: - f 4, ' , ".., ?Y.v - " ,-" ' . v u J f ,-. '."!.-.' " " - - 1 , ; ' ; . , "- - ,V . ''-, " S If'.' , ' ;s; . - - , - . - : -" . k. . - . - , - -f --.-4 LANE NIELSON, left, and Robert Krcsser of Pleasant (".rove Street Department, use moments while fog thins to fill chuckholes brought on by winter's cold and ice. ' When the fog lifts... crews fill chuckholes By MARCELLA WALKER Talk about double trouble! The continual sub-freezing temperatures temp-eratures of the last two months are wrecking havoc with the city streets but the dense fog limits the amount of time the city street crews can spend filling in the chuckholes. Grant Fowles, superintendent of city streets in Pleasant Grove, said that for safety reasons his men cannot fill chuckholes when visibility is near zero. When the sun dares to break through the haze a little the crews go immediately to work stuffing the small and little road chasms with cold mix. Grant noted that cold mix cannot adequately adhere to the holes when the temperatures are so low and many times the filling just . comes back out again in a few days. He said the police department tries to keep him informed of where the chuckholes are located. They try to do the worst ones first. We joined the road crew filling holes on Orchard Drive the other day. There was one right after another as the entire road seemed to be breaking up. Grant said the older streets suffer the most from the weather but this year even the new ones are getting holes in them. Warming weather would be a real help, Grant added. It would make it possible for them to get the potholes filled up and it would melt off the ice which is still a problem on many streets. He pointed out that this year his department has used double the amount of cinders that they normally use in a winter. They have used 500 tons of cinders on the 90 miles of city streets so far this winter. He explained that they use 35 tons of salt to every 300 tons of cinders for cutting the ice on the streets. The salt is very hard on the surface of the roads, too, he noted. Mr. Fowles said that cars parked overnight or for long periods of time on city streets are certainly a problem when it comes to snow removal. He urges residents to keep their cars off the streets at all times to provide for easier snow removal. He said that because of the cold temperatures the snow has not melted, ice has formed and it has meant the crews have had to take the cinder trucks out much more often than usual. The superintendent stated that he has not received very many complaints from the citizens and he appreciates that. He said he feels that most people understand that they are trying to do the best they can under the circumstances. The city purchased two new snow plows this year and they are holding up very well even though they have been used a great deal. The trucks are old but reliable. The department did receive one new truck this year. Basically, Grant did not feel the roads were much worse this winter than other years. The fog has definitely been a problem though, he noted. |
