Snow Information

In the Know About Snow

When the snow begins to fall, the City of Urbana Public Works Department snow crews are ready to spring into action. The department has a strategically organized snow removal plan designed to get the streets cleared and you on your way as quickly as possible.

In heavy snow events, the City works around the clock towards this goal with a force of about 12 crew members per 12 hour period. The City has available 23 pieces of snow control equipment, a salt storage facility with a capacity of 1,400 tons, and a snow budget averaging $140,000 annually. The City maintains about 300 lane miles of roadway in Urbana.

Below are the maps of the 16 Residential plowing areas, the Central Business District, the South Business District, and the Campus District.  Maps for the Sidewalk Snow Removal areas of Campus, Downtown, and Philo Road are also below.

Residential areas are cleared on a systematic rotational basis each year.