With our first significant snowfall of 2022 on the horizon, this is a great opportunity to educate homeowners on snow removal services and arrangements in place for the Woods at Grassy Creek (WCG). Before we talk service specifics, it’s important to reinforce that our neighborhood roads are ultimately owned by the City of Indianapolis. With any large snowfall, City plowing priority is given to clear main arteries for mass traffic safety and human services like hospitals, etc.…then, once those are addressed, crews handle smaller roads, then last – neighborhoods.

The snow removal service that our dues pay for helps us make the neighborhood more safe/accessible earlier in the case of larger snowfalls, knowing we’re low on the list for City plowing. WGC’s plowing contract kicks in when we receive 4” or more of snow. However, our plowing company also has contracts which start immediately upon snowfall and at 1”, 2” and 3” increments for other businesses and neighborhoods. Accordingly, all those customers need to be serviced before they deploy resources to WGC.

Based on forecasts, this looks to be a 1–2-day snow event beginning later today into tonight. Please know that our vendor is poised to service our neighborhood within our contract specifics, and will be here multiple times throughout the event…as they also service other customers within their agreement. We will not be able to provide a specific time for service to start or repeat during the storm.

NEW: For those of you in cul-de-sacs that are especially challenged by snow mounding, a drive-through was performed with our vendor in December to discuss how we could minimize the impact of blocking mailboxes and driveways in those areas. We identified areas where it would be most favorable to plow snow. Please take a look at our snow plowing map – and zoom in on cul-de-sac locations, which shows a snow mound image where the vendor aims to put piles to reduce neighbor impacts. It won’t be perfect, but we have really tried to get ahead of potential issues in advance, working closely with our vendor.

We ask for your patience and understanding throughout the coming event. As always, if you have questions or specific concerns, please reach out via the Board email address.