Residents Ask: How Do You Clear THIS?

Update on 2/18 - Several public works crews were out on Military Road today. A police officer was posted at Military Road and 26th Road this afternoon to help Taylor Elementary students cross the...

Arlington Releases Extraordinary Snow Removal Stats

Arlington County officials, taking a breath after back-to-back snow storms, released a wealth of information today about the county's massive snow removal operation. We learned that the county...

County Plows Heading Back into Neighborhoods

Arlington's snow removal crews are heading back into the neighborhoods to finish what they started (and what they did not start) on Monday. From the county's web site: Arlington’s snow crews...

Arlington Snow Crews Kept on Trucking During Blizzard

Although Alexandria, the District and Montgomery County, Md. stopped plowing during the height of today's blizzard, Arlington crews kept trucking. County snow removal crews were slowed down due to...

Here We Go Again: Snoverkill Eve In Photos

We know the drill by now. As the latest snow storm to blanket the Washington area arrived tonight, the plows were already out. The roadways were less busy. Pedestrians were wearing boots and...

Neighborhood Plowing Put on Hold as Storm Arrives

As the first wet flakes of the area's latest snow storm begin falling, Arlington County is warning that "efforts to clear neighborhood roads will be set back, possibly by days." "Snoverkill," as...

“These People Are Tough, Real Tough”

The county has released a new video introducing us to the people behind the plows. Here's what we learned: Department of Environmental Services director Bob Griffith has now worked for 17...

VDOT Still Working to Clear Lanes

VDOT is currently working on clearing snow from the I-395 South ramp to Route 1. Drivers should be extra cautious when driving in the...

Arlington Snow Crews vs. Mother Nature

Arlington snow crews are making a valiant effort to keep Wilson and Clarendon Boulevards passable. Front end loaders are busy shoveling huge mounds of snow into lines of waiting dump trucks. As...

Inside Look At Snow Removal in Arlington

A few days ago the county posted this "question and answer" video on YouTube, complete with a snow plow...

Snow Plows Deploying In Advance Of Storm

Arlington County snow crews are scheduled to deploy at 4:00 this morning to try to get a jump on the storm. They've been given the futile-sounding task of pre-treating roads in advance of up to 26...