CLARKSVILLE, TN (CLARKSVILLE NOW) – With a Winter Storm Watch issued for Clarksville and Montgomery County throughout the weekend, city and county governments are both monitoring the forecasts and preparing for snowfall in potentially heavy amounts.

The Clarksville Street Department began preparing snowplows and salt trucks from the first snow forecast, said a city press release. Crews are prepared to be deployed throughout the city.

“As they do so, the public is asked to assist in helping to make plowing and salting efforts more efficient and effective,” said the release. “Mayor Joe Pitts and City Streets Director David Smith ask that residents avoid parking their vehicles along the streets beginning late Friday evening when the first snowfall could begin, and continuing until after the winter storm has passed and crews have completed their work of clearing the streets of snow and ice.”

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Residents are also asked to stay home and avoid any travel that isn’t absolutely necessary, for their own safety and so that emergency first responders and street crews are able to freely and safely pass. The first priority for the Street Department will be to clear the main streets and arterial roads under the city’s jurisdiction and then move into secondary and neighborhood streets.

If snowfall occurs, Montgomery County operations will follow established snow removal priorities to keep primary and secondary routes as safe and passable as possible as well.

To view the City Street Department’s snow route map to see how snow and ice removal is routinely prioritized, please visit https://arcg.is/ne8eC

To view the updated Montgomery County snow removal map, visit https://www.montgomerytn.gov/highway.

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The City of Clarksville will have more than 30 trucks equipped for the storm, covering more than 700 miles of streets. In addition, Smith said a total of 70 Street Department employees will be at work.

The City Garage led by Fleet Manager Billy Lee has support personnel engaged, to make sure any issues that might arise with vehicles or equipment are quickly resolved.

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