Milwaukee city leaders strongly discourage travel ahead of winter storm

MILWAUKEE — Milwaukee metropolis leaders pushed a united message forward of a winter storm threatening to deliver a mixture of harmful circumstances through the vacation weekend.

“On your sake and your personal security, we suggest that you do not journey if you don’t want to journey,” Milwaukee Mayor Cavalier Johnson confused.

Meteorologists report that the approaching storm will deliver snow, sturdy winds, and brutally chilly temperatures.

Milwaukee Division of Public Works (DPW) commissioner Jerrel Kruschke was agency that regardless of being brief staffed they’ve crews able to maintain streets satisfactory. This yr, DPW will strive a brand new method to get to residential streets sooner.

Total, excessive winds are DPW’s greatest concern forward of the storm.

“We’ve got 7,000 lane miles that DPW addresses. We will get to each road so please be affected person, drive gradual, and take your time,” Kruschke mentioned.

DPW crews started pre-salting streets at midday on Wednesday. Kruschke warned that snow and ice operations could trigger delays in rubbish and recycling pickup.

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Firefighters and WE Energies anticipate points with timber and energy traces. WE Energies pressed residents experiencing an influence outage to report it.

“We made certain that every one out there crews from we energies and our contract crews can be working by means of the week by means of Thursday by means of Friday. Definitely, some deliberate holidays had been canceled due to this storm. We have additionally put out a request for mutual assist help,” mentioned Brendan Conway, spokesperson for WE Energies.

Individuals are urged to clear snow round rubbish carts, observe parking laws, cost their electronics now, and examine on neighbors. Ensure they’ll safely keep heat.

“Unfold that vacation spirit that we all know that all of us speak about. It is time to do this factor proper now. Verify-in on the individuals who you realize, you have to be checking in on,” mentioned MFD Assistant Chief Joshua Parrish.

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