Most Centennial residents say living in their city is great . . . usually, according to an article in the Denver Post.
After a recent survey revealed that less than half of the respondents approved of the way Centennial handles snowstorms, officials responded by buying five new dump truck snow plows. Increasing the size of the fleet means Centennial will be able to plow both ‘priority 1’ and ‘priority 2’ streets simultaneously. Travis Greiman, the director of Public Works, called the measure a “big jump in service.”
Buying the plows means Centennial now has 10 trucks it can use to clear secondary streets, which is the same number it uses to plow main thoroughfares. In addition, Centennial has 10 pickup trucks it can use to plow residential areas in the event of a major snowstorm.
CH2M, which handles snow removal for Centennial, bought the new trucks. Greiman says the city will pay an additional $1m annually to CH2M to repay them for the purchase.
Centennial has also changed its regulation about how much snow needs to be forecast before the trucks are deployed. Prior to this year, the forecast had to be for nine inches of snow, but now a fall of six inches is enough to get the fleet ready to roll.
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