Winter Weather Preparedness and Resources

Winter preparedness

Get ready for winter weather! Our City crews take regular maintenance and preparedness measures to ensure we are always ready and ask that you do the same to prepare yourselves and your home to help ride out any storms this winter as comfortably as possible. Our experienced Public Works crews will be out deicing and plowing as necessary.

 

If you have to travel during inclement weather, check out our inclement weather driving routes to find the safest routes and know where to expect closures. Please obey all posted closures. We ask that community members please limit driving as much as possible or consider staying safely at home when road conditions are expected to be icy, snowy or hazardous.

 

Updated weather forecast here

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Get Prepared

City Preparedness

  • City crews are prepared and ready, with on-call staff available 24/7 for emergency operations.
  • We are actively monitoring weather reports and meeting with weather experts and emergency management personnel on upcoming storm events.
  • Our de-icing, plowing and sanding equipment is at the ready at our Public Works Operations Yard: 
    • 4 trucks with plows and sanders
    • 2 pickups with plows and deicer tanks
    • 1 pickup with plow and sander
    • Frontend Loader with Ice Breaker
    • 8,000 gallons of de-icer
    • 400 tons of sanding rock
  • During weather events, staff patrol the City making safety determinations about which roads to close. Please follow all posted signage. 

Warming Shelters

  • Our West Linn Public Library and Adult Community Center are only warming shelters during regular operating hours, hours may be extended for special circumstances during extreme or widespread power outages. Clackamas County also offers a listing of several other Local Warming Centers, some of which offer overnight services. 

During a Storm Event

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Ice Breaker
Snow Plow Truck
Snow Plow Truck
3 small pickup plows
4 snow plow trucks