Richard Phillips, Mayor
Bill Bush
Gayle Rabbitt
Ken Pedersen
Dean Summers
Dave Stokesbary
HELP THE GOWRIE STREET CREW KEEP YOU SAFE
The City of Gowrie, is asking for the Gowrie residents help. In this coming winter season if the residents could remember a few things, it would create a safer work environment for our workers, and in turn help us provide a safer road surface for you.
A loaded plow truck or sander could weigh as much as 10 small cars, and needs more room to stop, especially on slick surfaces. Even if you have the right of way, the snowplow may not be able to stop if you pull out. If you will just wait a few more seconds, you will have a plowed and possibly sanded surface on which to drive. Remember the sand & salt truck spreads material out of the back, so please don’t follow to close, as we don’t want your vehicle to be damaged by flying sand and material.
Please keep all of your vehicles off the streets before, during & after it snows. Also please keep any of your vehicles off of the right of way (in between the sidewalk & the street) to ensure that the plow truck has a place to pile the snow off of the street & to also ensure that no damage comes to your vehicles.
Finally, please don’t dump, throw, or blow snow into the street. This creates bumps that you and others have to drive over, and if these piles freeze, and we hit them with a plow, it can damage City equipment or cause injury to crew members. This of course means higher costs to you as a taxpayer.
With your help, snow plowing can be done better, faster, more efficiently, and at the same time, make our streets safer for you. We are always here to serve you better.
