PRIORITIES ZONES
The Public Works Department maintains streets in the City of De Soto during the winter months. Snow removal and anti-icing is provided by Public Works' personnel.  The City is separated into five (5) zones and streets are prioritized to ensure that main streets are cleared as soon as possible.
The department will operate 5 snow plow trucks having one dedicated to the priority streets below, this will help keep these streets clear as possible for emergency vehicles to travel in the primary zones through our city. 

The established priorities streets are:

• Main Street and Miller to Rock Road
• Main Street and Amvets Drive (to) Highway 21
• Main Street and Boyd (to) Highway 21
• Main Street and Clarke (to) Highway 21
• Main Street and Hwy 110 (to) Vineland School Road to End of Villa Drive
   

SNOW REMOVAL PROCEDURES
When snow or ice is forecasted and action is necessary, Public Works personnel will, as appropriate, pre-treat priority streets, and bridges with salt and liquid calcium chloride . The solution is applied during low traffic times whenever possible; however, due to changing weather forecast and timing of storm, it may be applied at peak traffic times.

Public Works personnel will begin plowing streets once accumulation of snow and/or ice has occurred, usually one inch. Snow will be plowed in a manner so as to minimize any traffic obstruction. Plowing continues on primary and secondary streets until all snowfall has stopped. After snowfall stops and the primary streets are clear, plows continue with  residential streets and alleys until all are cleared.