Snow Removal

The City of Wrangell maintains over 20 lane miles of streets and roads, as well from City parking lots and many sidewalks.

Our main objective is to keep our roads open for the safe passage of traffic. Whenever possible, operators try to minimize the size of berms across driveways; however, the City does not have the resources to remove snow berms.

A couple of ways the public can help make our work more effective for the community are:

• Move any obstruction away from the roadway. This includes vehicles, garbage cans, movable planters, four wheelers, etc.
• Residence who remove snow from their driveways and sidewalks are reminded that Wrangell ordinances prohibit placing snow or ice on any public street, sidewalk or parking space in a manner that impedes vehicle or pedestrian traffic or makes it unsafe for others. This prohibition also applies to a street or sidewalk that has been recently cleaned.

The Public Works Department removes snow and applies deicers to sidewalks as manpower allows. Even when the sidewalks are plowed and deicer has been applied, caution should be used because there may be patches of ice.