Snow and ice removal at City of Wausau

Snow removal has always been a part of city’s primary concerns. In the City of Wausau, snow removal by property owners is required on public sidewalks within  24 hours of a snow fall. Homeowners will be notified and failure to do so would result to snow removal by the city government with appropriate charges billed. Residents are not allowed to deposit plowed snow in the streets or any public places instead a designated area is provided. Since the degree of snowfall varies, the snow plowing operation also varies from  6 to 18 hours. Snow emergency is declared to minimize the number of parked vehicles and facilitate smooth flow of snow removal operation. To avoid traffic congestion in busy streets, snow clearing is usually done at night while at day time operation is focused in residential areas so as not to disrupt sleep as well as home based business.