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Today's Poll!Snow cleanup brings blizzard of expenses
Tab runs millions for state; city, county spend $375,000
Crews from the Jefferson City Streets Department have been busy this week repairing damage caused by snow-removal equipment hitting street curbs during the recent blizzard. Here, from left, Dennis Kremer, Eric Dulle, Rick Kay and Johnny Braun remove a concrete form after the concrete set up. Curbing at several city and state intersections was damaged and in need of repair. Photo by Julie Smith.
Thursday, February 24, 2011
The numbers are still rough, but the Missouri Department of Transportation says the cost to clean up after the state’s historic snowstorm three weeks ago is estimated at $7.7 million.
That figure includes labor, equipment and materials.
Cole County spent about $270,000, while Jefferson City’s cost, just for chemicals and overtime, was about $105,000.
Longtime Jefferson Bank employee Don Ittner uses a motorized rotary brush to clean loose gravel and debris that accumulated on the bank’s parking lot and drive during the blizzard.
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sillyrabbit 2 years, 2 months ago
When old man winter dumps 18" of snow on us that is a sign that we shouldn't be outside or driving so quit wasting the taxpayers money trying to clean up the roads and causing unneeded damage and idgets need to quit thinking they're precious job is so important things will fall apart if they have to miss a day.
lovemyboys 2 years, 2 months ago
Sillyrabbit: Some people's job are very important. Nurses, doctors, other hospital staff, firemen, police, etc. I stayed home and off the roads...my job is not that important. But, my husband is a fireman and had to get to work...he also had to stay and work overtime because his shift replacement couldn't get there. Try getting an ambulance or fire truck to someone's house in a blizzard or 18 inches of snow, that needs medical attention...they have chains on the trucks, ambulances, and police cars but were still sliding. Then, they have to go out and dig out fire hydrants behind 2 & 3 foot drifts of snow. If there is a house fire, and they can't find the fire hydrant, that's serious.
I agree that many jobs are not important enough to risk life and limb for, but there are some that MUST work to protect and serve the community.
sillyrabbit 2 years, 2 months ago
These people are just as likely to get hurt or killed themselves going out to their important jobs than people they will save so the cost doesn't out weigh the benefit. Stay home.
lovemyboys 2 years, 2 months ago
Sillyrabbit...you don't get it...they have no choice to stay home or they lose their jobs. My husband (and others) get "mandatoried"...that means they can't say no.
Question, so if you're out shoveling 18" of snow and you start having chest pains, you're okay with the fire/ambulance people just staying home? You have zero idea of how hard they bust their tails to get to people...not because of the money or the glory, but because they care and they love their jobs. You think crime stops because it's slow? Or fires don't happen? You want your sick relative in the hospital to be taken care of by a nurse that's been on her feet for 48 hours?
Non essential jobs...yes, stay home. I agree on that. But, some services are essential.
JCLifer 2 years, 2 months ago
Jeff City streets sure are crumbling in many places. Some of the pot holes are huge, and the best the Street Department can do is to throw a shovel of patch at the hole and let the traffic try to smooth it down?
I hope the city set aside a whole lot of money in the budget to repave city streets this summer. Many of our streets should have been resurfaced years ago. Why can't they take better care of the streets like they used to do?
JCsleeper 2 years, 2 months ago
'Cuz uptown/old town always needs revitalizing. Adrian's peninsula and the mud tunnel need to be built, JCPD needs new T a h o e s. The list is large, the cash is small.
lovemyboys 2 years, 2 months ago
JC...you do understand that weather such as cold/heat and the chemicals they throw down plus the blades of the plows cause the potholes, right? You can get online on JC's website and tell them where there are pot holes and they will come and fill them. Why would they fix the roads now with winter still underway?
JCLifer 2 years, 2 months ago
Why didn't they fix them last summer when they had a chance to do so?
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