Tulsa hasn’t had a frost yet, but the city is already looking ahead to winter.
"We're in the process of getting ready. We have enough salt for what we expect to have for a normal winter here in Tulsa, and the crews are working every day getting ready," said Streets and Stormwater Director Roy Teeters. "EMD's supporting us by getting all of our equipment ready, and we'll be ready to go by the time the snow hits."
The city has about 8,000 tons of salt on hand with another 5,000 tons on the way. The city has 63 trucks equipped to spread salt and sand, along with 56 total snow plows. National Weather Service meteorologist Steven Piltz said it’s impossible to say exactly what winter will bring this year.
"The official National Weather Service Outlook is maybe a tendency toward below-normal temperatures — although maybe not drastically below normal — and there's no real signal in the data that suggests if we'll be above or below normal precipitation," Piltz said.
When snow and ice hit, spreader trucks will drive 35 specified routes on the city’s main streets. Some residential streets will be cleared if conditions permit.
