Pittsburgh’s salt trucks and plows worked overnight to clear roads in all city neighborhoods, leaving residents in Brookline and Beechview surprised by the early-morning conditions.”It looks good. It looks really good,” Chris Hicks from Beechview said. “Actually, I was surprised. I was grateful for it.”James Criss from Brookline shared his experience, saying, “I came from West Mifflin, I went down 51, which, that was clear, because there’s a lot of traffic on there. And then here it’s pretty good. So I didn’t have a problem there, there’s some snow on the side of the road, but not on the roads itself, it was fine.”Mayor Ed Gainey’s press secretary, Olga George, explained that the city’s fleet of salt trucks and plows began pre-treating roads around 10 p.m. Monday, blocking off a few streets to ensure safety before reopening them. The fleet of 55 trucks prioritized main streets and areas of concern. George said public works officials are now evaluating their response.”Are there any ways to improve deploying the trucks and deploying the manpower, and what neighborhoods had more problems than others, and figuring out the best way to attack that? That’s something that they continually do every time the snow falls. Where did we fall short? What did we do well and how can we do it even better?” George said.City officials advise residents to call 311 if their road is not treated within 24 hours of significant snowfall. Officials also said they are currently working to fix a glitch in their snowplow tracker for residents to be able to view whether their road has been or will soon be cleared. As of Tuesday evening, it is unclear when it will be back up and running.Download the WTAE app to stay connected with breaking news. Sign up for our email newsletters to get breaking news in your inbox.

PITTSBURGH —

Pittsburgh’s salt trucks and plows worked overnight to clear roads in all city neighborhoods, leaving residents in Brookline and Beechview surprised by the early-morning conditions.

“It looks good. It looks really good,” Chris Hicks from Beechview said. “Actually, I was surprised. I was grateful for it.”

James Criss from Brookline shared his experience, saying, “I came from West Mifflin, I went down 51, which, that was clear, because there’s a lot of traffic on there. And then here it’s pretty good. So I didn’t have a problem there, there’s some snow on the side of the road, but not on the roads itself, it was fine.”

Mayor Ed Gainey’s press secretary, Olga George, explained that the city’s fleet of salt trucks and plows began pre-treating roads around 10 p.m. Monday, blocking off a few streets to ensure safety before reopening them.

The fleet of 55 trucks prioritized main streets and areas of concern. George said public works officials are now evaluating their response.

“Are there any ways to improve deploying the trucks and deploying the manpower, and what neighborhoods had more problems than others, and figuring out the best way to attack that? That’s something that they continually do every time the snow falls. Where did we fall short? What did we do well and how can we do it even better?” George said.

City officials advise residents to call 311 if their road is not treated within 24 hours of significant snowfall.

Officials also said they are currently working to fix a glitch in their snowplow tracker for residents to be able to view whether their road has been or will soon be cleared. As of Tuesday evening, it is unclear when it will be back up and running.

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