The City of Tulsa is responding to winter weather expected through early Wednesday morning.
As rain starts to transition from rain to snow, Tulsa street crews will begin salting the roads to help with the melting process and clear the streets.
Crews will work through tonight and monitor conditions to determine what other needs may exist.
The City of Tulsa is responsible for clearing snow and ice from the Gilcrease Expressway, L.L. Tisdale Expressway, and all main streets.
Other highway segments in Tulsa is the Oklahoma Department of Transportation's responsibility.
After snow or ice occurs, the city's goal is to make expressways and roads safe and passable as soon as possible.
Crews use the following resources to obtain this goal:
- 63 truck-mounted salt spreaders
- 4 truck-mounted Liquid Applicator Systems for brine application when appropriate
- 53 truck-mounted snow plows (Of the 63 trucks with spreaders, and 4 trucks with Liquid Applicator Systems)
- 7 4x4 pick-up trucks equipped with snow plows
- 3 motor graders for use as plows
- 210 employees
- Approximately 10,500 tons of salt and still receiving material
- 2 salt brine mixing systems with 40,000 gallons of salt brine
Crews are assigned to 36 specific routes totaling nearly 1,770 lane miles which is approximately the distance from Tulsa to San Francisco.
"Spreading and plowing routes are prioritized based on traffic counts," the city says. "Once the main streets are cleared and conditions permit, selected residential streets may be treated based on traffic and steepness."