Snow Removal Budget
How much money is in the budget of the county or the state for the removal of snow for each year?
There are two main costs incurred with snow and ice storms. One is the cost of plowing and removing the snow, which includes the cost of the equipment and the labor cost for the drivers. The second major cost is for the laying of tons of salt to help to prevent the freezing of the roadways.
The Mid-Atlantic region is seeing record snowfalls for the season, for the year, and per storm so it is understandable if the budgeted amount for dealing with the snow is less than expected this time around.
However, I can not remember a year, whether it had record breaking high amounts of snow and ice or record breaking low amounts of snow and ice, where there was not a concern expressed about the fact that the budget had already been exceeded.
This does not stop the snow removal process. We simply hear that this is a priority and that the money will have to come from some other account.
Now, this is just a thought, but if there are accounts from which the money can be taken, because those accounts are not as important, then why do those accounts exist in the first place?
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