Snow and Ice Policy Manual
The City of Leavenworth handles all snow and ice events as quickly as possible. Our Snow and Ice Policy Manual is available for review in the link below. Streets that are marked as "Emergency Snow Route" with blue snowflake signs like the one shown in the photo slideshow below will be plowed first. Residents should move their vehicles if they are parallel parked along an Emergency Snow Route before a snow or ice storm.
The policy of the City of Leavenworth is to clear snow and ice in the following priority:
- Emergency Snow Routes
- Public Safety Facilities
- School Loading Zones on City Right of Way
- Leavenworth Central Business District
- Residential Streets Removal and de-icing will be conducted as expeditiously as possible during and after the storm and will be achieved through a combination as necessary, of mechanical (plowing) and chemical means (salt/calcium chloride).
The City does not have a bare pavement policy, meaning, streets will not be plowed to the bare pavement.
Listed Emergency Snow Routes:
East-West Streets:
Cherokee Street 3rd Street to 20th Street
County Road 5 15th Street to Michals Road
Eisenhower Road 4th Street to 20th Street Trafficway
Home Place Wilson Avenue to Limit Street
Kiowa Street 3rd Street to 4th Street
Limit Street Home Place to 20th Street Trafficway
Marion Street 4th Street to Wilson Avenue
McDonald Road Hughes Road to Shrine Park Road
Michals Road Tonganoxie Road to Richmond Drive
Muncie Road 4th Street to 10th Avenue
Ohio and LeCompton Road 10th Avenue to City Limits
Ottawa Street 3rd Street to 20th Street
Pennsylvania Avenue 4th Street to 10th Avenue
Shawnee Street 3rd Street to 20th Street
Spruce Street 3rd Street to 15th Street
Thornton Street 4th Street to 10th Avenue
Thornton Street 17th Street to 19th Street Terrace
Vilas Street 10th Avenue to 25th Street
North-South Streets:
2nd Avenue Spruce Street to Limit Street
3rd Street Kiowa Street to Spruce Street
4th Street Metropolitan Avenue to Limit Street
5th Avenue Spruce Street to Thornton Street
5th Street Metropolitan Avenue to Spruce Street
7th Street Metropolitan Avenue to Spruce Street
10th Avenue Eisenhower Road to Spruce Street
10th Street Spruce Street to Metropolitan Avenue
13th Street Metropolitan Avenue to Cherokee Street
15th Street Vilas Street to Limit Street
17th Street Vilas Street to Thornton Street
18th Street Dakota Street to Spruce Street
18th Street LeCompton Road to Thornton Street
19th Street Terrace Thornton to 20th Street Trafficway
20th Street Metropolitan Avenue to Spruce Street
20th Street Trafficway Eisenhower Road to Spruce Street
Broadway Metropolitan Avenue to Thornton Street
Hughes Road Eisenhower Road to Limit Street
Lawrence Avenue Spruce Street to Cherokee Street
Maple Avenue Thornton Street to Limit Street
Santa Fe Trail Metropolitan Avenue to Hancock Avenue
Shrine Park Road Eisenhower Road to Limit Street
Washington Street Spruce Street to Ohio Street
Wilson Avenue Marion to Home Place
