City of Cleveland's Live Snow Plow Tracker is Ready for Winter

There Could Be A Blizzard On The East Side And The West Side Didn’t Get One Snowflake Because of the difference in elevation between the two sides of town, a winter storm could easily attack the east side while leaving the west side without an ounce of snow. Just a normal winter day in Cleveland. Photo via Wikipedia Credit: Emanuel Wallace

With the first snowfall of the winter season upon Cleveland, and in a major way, a reminder that the city of Cleveland’s live snow plow tracker is live and functional.

Debuted by Mayor Justin Bibb’s administration following what he called a “broken system” of snow management inherited from Frank Jackson, the portal gives a real-time (well, delayed 15 minute) snapshot of where city trucks have put plow to street and how recently.

Trucks are tracked only when plows are down, so vehicles that are salting or de-icing won’t show up.

Here’s what the site looked like early Tuesday morning.

“I believe it’s a good step in the right direction to give our residents transparent access to know when the snow plow is coming to their neighborhood,” Mayor Bibb said earlier this year.

Residents can call the 311 line to report unplowed streets.

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