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Snow and Ice Control Program

  • Testimony of Vanessa Dale Burns, Director, DC Department of Public Works, before the
    City Council Committee on Public Works and the Environment, February
    2, 2000
  • Press releases from the Snow and Ice Control Program
    • “New DPW Director, a Snow-Best Professional, Leads District’s Snow Fighting
      Team,” December 10, 1999
    • “DPW Announces a ‘Snow Emergency,’” January 19, 2000
    • “1/20/00 DC  to Lift Snow Emergency at 6:30 P.M. Tonight: Trash Collection
      Suspended at Noon Today so Drivers Could Treat Streets; MPD Officers Help Control
      Traffic,” January 20, 2000
    • “D.C.’s Snow Team Prepares for This Week’s Third Storm,” January 22,
      2000
    • “DC Government Closed Today; Snow Emergency in Effect Starting at 8 a.m. Today; DC
      Snow Team Expands to 204 Trucks for Plowing Operation,” January 25, 2000
    • “DC Enters Day 2 of ‘Surprise’ Snow Storm; Snow Emergency Remains in
      Effect; DC Gov’t Employees on Liberal Leave,” January 25, 2000
    • “District Government Open Tomorrow Morning; Snow Emergency to Be Lifted at 9:30
      a.m., Thurs., Jan. 27; Snow Team Tackles Residential Streets; Trash Collection Resumes
      Tomorrow from the Curb Only,” January 26, 2000
    • “DC Snow Team Ready for Super Bowl Sunday Snow Storm; Trash to Be Collected from
      the Front Curb Only Next Week,” January 30, 2000
    • “DC Winds Down Snow Operation Tonight; Trash, Recycling Collections Continue from
      the Front Curb Only,” January 27, 2000
    • “DC Government Announces Liberal Leave, 2-Hour Delayed Arrival for Jan. 31,”
      January 31, 2000
    • “DPW Director Explains Snow Control on DC Streets, New Approach to Winter
      Potholes,” February 1, 2000
  • Summary of Snow and Ice Control Program; Residential Street Spreading and Plowing; Snow
    Emergency Routes; December 1999
  • Trash Collection under Snowy and Icy Conditions, testimony of Vanessa Dale Burns,
    Director, DC Department of Public Works, before the City Council Committee on Public Works
    and the Environment, February 2, 2000
  • What to Expect from Your DC Government Snow Team, January 2000

Solid Waste Management Administration

  • Office of the Inspector General, “Report of Inspection: D.C. Department of Public
    Works Solid Waste Management Administration,” Report No. 00-0003KA, December 2000.

Street Repair Program

  • Testimony of Dan Tangherlini, Director, District Division of Transportation, Department
    of Public Works, to the City Council Committee on Public Works and the Environment, July 5, 2000

Traffic and Parking

  • Division of Parking Services, Announcement of a new temporary
    vehicle impoundment lot, June 19, 2001
  • Division of Parking Services, Transition from Brentwood Impoundment
    Lot, April 2001