Pittsburgh to announce important investment in aging snow fleet

Pittsburgh Mayor Corey O’Connor is set to make an announcement on investing in the city’s aging fleet. Pittsburgh’s Action News 4 will cover the press conference at 10 a.m. You can view it in the video player above. O’Connor will be joined by acting Director of Public Safety Sheldon Williams, EMS Chief Amera Gilcrist, Fraternal Association of Professional Paramedics Local 1 President Jon Atkinson.Last week was a record-setting snow day for the city with 11.2 inches, making it the most snow the city has seen on Jan. 25 since 5.2 inches in 2014. The city said it started with 95 trucks taking care of roads during the storm, but O’Connor said many of them went down overnight. In total, 37 had to be pulled from service during the storm.With an already aging fleet, and a drop in available trucks as conditions continue to stay cold, O’Connor said declaring a state of emergency allowed the city to bring in contractors to plow roads and remove snow.Fifty city plows and salt trucks were on the overnight shift Tuesday night into Wednesday morning, aided by 25 more contractor vehicles. Two more contractors were hired for the overnight shift Wednesday as well as the morning shift.

PITTSBURGH —

Pittsburgh Mayor Corey O’Connor is set to make an announcement on investing in the city’s aging fleet.

Pittsburgh’s Action News 4 will cover the press conference at 10 a.m. You can view it in the video player above.

O’Connor will be joined by acting Director of Public Safety Sheldon Williams, EMS Chief Amera Gilcrist, Fraternal Association of Professional Paramedics Local 1 President Jon Atkinson.

Last week was a record-setting snow day for the city with 11.2 inches, making it the most snow the city has seen on Jan. 25 since 5.2 inches in 2014.

The city said it started with 95 trucks taking care of roads during the storm, but O’Connor said many of them went down overnight. In total, 37 had to be pulled from service during the storm.

With an already aging fleet, and a drop in available trucks as conditions continue to stay cold, O’Connor said declaring a state of emergency allowed the city to bring in contractors to plow roads and remove snow.

Fifty city plows and salt trucks were on the overnight shift Tuesday night into Wednesday morning, aided by 25 more contractor vehicles. Two more contractors were hired for the overnight shift Wednesday as well as the morning shift.