(Des Moines, IA) -- The Des Moines Public Works Department's reviewing the winter season. Director Jonathan Gano says despite the fact the city received over 150-percent of the 10-year average of snowfall, they came in under budget. The city spent $2.1 million of it's $3.2 million dollar budget, 66-percent.
Gano says now that winter is over, they're fixing potholes and making other repairs.
The city has released a number of stats related to the 2020-2021 winter season.
- 8 Inches of snowfall recorded (153% of Des Moines’ 10-year average)
- 200+ Employees from Public Works, Parks and Recreation and WRA are called into snow removal duties
- 100+ Pieces of snow removal equipment
- 18,879 employee hours spent plowing and spreading (that’s two years worth of time)
- A minimum of 35,227 miles driven by Des Moines plows (more than enough to circle the world which only takes 24,901 miles)
- 9,508 tons of salt spread (Nearly as much as the Eiffel tower weighs which is 10,100 tons)
- 10,264 parking citations issued during snow removal operations
- 320 citations for sidewalk snow removal non-compliance issued