Salting/Plowing Operation Includes plowing subdivisions and sanding as necessary Salting Operations Potential for Plowing Includes cold spot treatment in subdivisions and gravel roads Light Salting Operations Includes possible cold spot treatment in subdivisions and on gravel roads Spot treatment of bridges, overpasses and other critical structures and locations Springfield Interchange, spot treatment of other critical structures and locations It is also helpful for crews if residents park on the odd-numbered side of their street to allow plows room to pass. To give crews a chance to finish their assigned snow maps, VDOT asks that residents wait a few days after the storm is over before reporting roads as “missed.” Once crews have finished their routes, resident complaints are mapped into a database that feeds lists of locations back to the area headquarters to double-check and address. It also helps to shovel to the right facing the road.

When shoveling driveways, residents should leave the last few feet at the curb until the street is plowed, as the truck will push some snow back. With major storms, it is often an unintended consequence of making roads passable. While VDOT does not remove snow from sidewalks or trails, crews are asked to be mindful of pushing large amounts of snow onto sidewalks, driveways, etc. VDOT judges subdivisions complete through processed snow maps, resident call volume, AVL and feedback from VDOT monitors. For most storms, one snowplow pass, about eight to ten feet wide, is made. Chemicals are not typically used in subdivisions, but crews will sand hills, curves and intersections as needed to provide traction. The road will not be cleared curb-to-curb or to bare pavement, and may remain snow-packed, uneven and rutted (especially following any refreeze). Once the storm has stopped and those roads are clear, crews work to make residential streets and cul-de-sacs “passable.”Ī neighborhood street is considered passable when a path is drivable (with caution) for an average passenger vehicle. The main thoroughfares in subdivisions are repeatedly plowed during a storm. Typically, crews begin plowing in subdivisions when two inches of snow has accumulated. How neighborhoods are assigned and plowed Hovering over the icon will display a real-time view of the road. The map also features the interstate traffic cameras as blue camera icons. The type of plowing truck is displayed by hovering over the truck icon. When at the neighborhood viewing level, the map will display plows that have been fitted with tracking equipment (AVL). If you live on an emergency route you will not see the status of that road because it is a high priority and must be kept clear for emergency vehicles.

Emergency routes are shown in blue and orange. Neighborhoods not maintained by VDOT (cities, towns and private developments) are shown in gray. The 'Find Address' button will locate the desired address and place a yellow push-pin on the map. The status of each neighborhood is represented by an icon with houses. Neighborhood plowing has not been startedīy zooming in, you will see that service areas are subdivided into “neighborhoods”, which are the snow assignment maps given to plow drivers. When there are no plowing operations the icons are displayed in gray. Within each outline is a building icon which shows the status of the plowing operations for that service area. In Northern Virginia (Nova) and Fredericksburg, zooming in will first display the boundaries of VDOT’s local area headquarters (AHQ). As you move closer to a particular location the shading will disappear and the map displays roads, cities and jurisdictional boundaries typically found on maps. At this default level, the districts will be shaded based on their mobilization level. The Snow Map site defaults to zoom level 7 which displays VDOT’s maintenance districts. Both Microsoft and Google have adopted the same approach to displaying maps where the highest view is zoom level one (1) and advances in 19 stages. The resolution of the map is referred to as its zoom level. The initial view shows the boundaries of VDOT’s local area headquarters (AHQ) in Northern Virginia and Fredericksburg.

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