With back-to-back winter storms blanketing Alaska’s largest city, Anchorage officials are racing to add capacity for plowing and hauling away an exceptional volume of snow.
that a lack of funding or personnel was hampering the response, saying municipal crews have been running heavy equipment around the clock during 12-hour shifts since last week.
Even in a winter city like Anchorage, the snow has brought things to a standstill. Schools have been closed for four days in a row, complicating child care and work for many residents. Public transit was shut down Monday. Trash collection was suspended. “We have a number of Parks and Rec staff today that have been reassigned to work with the street maintenance crews, so they’ll be primarily focusing on sidewalks, driveways, operating some of our smaller equipment,” said Municipal Manager Amy Demboski. “Our more experienced drivers who are used to driving very large plow equipment will be able to be shuffled back into the mix so we can have as many plows on the street as possible.
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