See the Oak Ridge Winter Weather Plan here; includes info on snow, ice removal priorities

 

The City of Oak Ridge has a winter weather plan. You can read the 2015-2016 Winter Weather Plan here.

The plan includes information on how snow and ice removal are prioritized on streets. City-maintained streets have been prioritized into four categories according to volume of traffic, or public health and safety factors.

• Level 1: State highways and hospital routes
• Level 2: Arterial streets, feeder streets to state highways and known trouble spots such as hills and shady areas.
• Level 3: Collector streets, streets providing access to subdivisions, and the main connector streets at the neighborhood level.
• Level 4: All other local neighborhood streets are categorized as Level 4. Many of these streets have on-street parking and provide minimal turning space for snowplows. The decision and ability of the Public Works Department to clear Level 4 routes is based on a number of factors, including current and predicted weather conditions, safety for parked vehicles, salt/chemical reserves, and the threat of additional inclement weather.

A complete listing of streets by category is located at the end of the Winter Weather Plan.

STREET PRIORITY DESIGNATIONS 

Level 1 Streets (80 lane miles)

• Edgemoor Road (SR 170)
• North Illinois Avenue (SR 62)
• South Illinois Avenue (SR 62)
• Oak Ridge Turnpike (SR 95)
• Solway Bridge (SR 62)
• Edgemoor Bridge (SR 170)
• Hospital adjacent streets

Level 2 Streets (95 lane miles) 

• Bear Creek Road (Water Plant)
• Bethel Valley Road
• Briarcliff Avenue
• Bus Terminal Road
• Emory Valley Road
• Fairbanks Road
• Florida Avenue
• Georgia Avenue
• Gum Hollow Road
• Jefferson Avenue
• Laboratory Road
• Lafayette Drive
• Melton Lake Drive
• New York Avenue
• ORAU Way
• Outer Drive
• Pennsylvania Avenue
• Robertsville Road
• Rutgers Avenue
• Scarboro Road
• East Tennessee Avenue
• West Tennessee Avenue
• South Tulane Avenue
• Tulsa Road
• East Tulsa Road
• Tuskegee Drive
• West Outer Drive
• Whippoorwill Drive
• Wisconsin Avenue

See more information on Level 3 and Level 4 streets at the end of the Winter Weather Plan.

More information will be added as it becomes available.

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