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Snow Removal Policy
With winter weather around the corner, Kingsport wants to inform residents of the city snow removal policy.
When winter weather starts, the first step is pretreating the streets with brine, if conditions allow. Brine, a liquid salt mixture, has the same melting characteristics of solid rock salt but is more effective in lower temperatures. Using brine as a preventative measure, it takes four times less salt to prevent accumulation than to remove the snow and ice after it has been formed.
Once snow has started to fall, the city snow removal crews begin the removal process and start clearing roads. The city has over 30 vehicles equipped with snow plows and salt spreaders.
The crews start the snow removal process in the first priority area – state road routes. Then crews move on to collector streets, and lastly remove snow from neighborhood and residential streets.
It takes between 24 to 36 hours for the total operation to be complete.
Once the priority areas are cleared, crews will work in areas that might need more attention and will recheck areas around the schools. They also check neighborhoods for icy patches.
Currently, Kingsport has 3,500 tons of salt on hand, and contracts in place to procure another 4,000 tons of salt if needed.
Snow Removal Priority List
NOTE: This list is the general guide by which snow removal is performed by city crews. Please note, if emergency or extenuating circumstances arise, deviations from this list may occur.
A. Priority 1 – State Routes
The following areas are the first to be cleared:
State Routes
- State Route 11W (Stone Dr.) – City Limits to City Limits
- State Route 126 (Memorial Blvd.) – Fort Henry to City Limits
- State Route 36 (Forty Henry) – Center St. to City Limits
- State Route 36 (Center St.) – Netherland Inn Rd. to Memorial Blvd.
- State Route 36 (Lynn Garden Dr.) – Center St. to City Limits
- State Route 355 (Industry Dr.) – Center St. to Wilcox
- State Route 93 (Old Wilcox Dr.)- Center St. to City Limits
- State Route 93 (J. B. Dennis) – Non controlled access sections
- State Route 126 (Wilcox Dr.) – Center St. to J. B. Dennis
- State Route 357 (Airport Parkway) City Limits to City Limits
B. Priority 2 – Collector Streets
The following collector streets are next for snow removal:
- Sullivan to Clinchfield to Ravine to Watauga to N. Eastman
- W. Carter’s Valley, Riverport, Brookside, Willowbrook & Rock Springs
- Harbor Chapel to Cooks Valley to Lakes Valley to Abilene to Skyland to Cimarron to Thornton to Stratford
- Netherland Inn to Ridgefields to Fleetwood & Pendragon to Netherland Inn to University to Lewis Lane
- Sevier to Konnarock to Warpath to Orebank
- Fairview to Granby to Clouds Ford to Union to Fort Robinson to Afton
- Fall Creek Road, Lebanon Road, Kendrick Creek, Tri-Cities Crossing
C. Priority 3 – Neighborhoods
Once Priority 1 and 2 are cleared, the crews will move into neighborhoods.
Private Streets
(The following streets are private and therefore not cleared by the City of Kingsport)
- The Birches
- Deer Creek Dr.
- Apple Court
- Pendleton Place
- Walnut Grove
- Cobblestone Place
- Waterman Drive
- Stonebrook Place
- Brickridge Commons
- Pinebrook Place
