Tulsa World
By P.J. LASSEK & BRIAN BARBER World Staff Writers
Published: 2/5/20112:25 AM
Last Modified: 2/5/20119:17 AM
As snow continued to fall on the weary city Friday, Mayor Dewey Bartlett pledged a new approach to clear downtown streets, as business owners clamored for their employees to be able to return to work.
Instead of scooping up the snow and trucking it out of the central business district as crews have been, he said, they are going to plow and push the snow to areas that don't interfere with traffic.
Trucks will then come in to remove it as they become available, Bartlett said.
"I've certainly heard from several people that downtown's been a problem, and I readily agree," he said. "City Hall is downtown."
A lot of the stranded cars and buses have been moved out of the way, allowing for this new approach, Bartlett said.
A Friday night monster truck event at the BOK Center was canceled out of concern for patron safety, arena general manager John Bolton said. Saturday's show is still a go.
More snow: Another round of snow moved into the state from the south Friday, dropping 3.4 inches in Tulsa by late afternoon, according to the National Weather Service. Additional chances of snow are in the forecast through Wednesday.
The latest snowfall didn't affect the road-clearing operations of the Oklahoma Department of Transportation or the Oklahoma Turnpike Authority, officials said... FULL ARTICLE
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