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Lexington Mayor Linda Gorton on ice and snow removal and why it's taking so long

File Photo-Downtown Lexington during previous snow event
Stu Johnson
Main Street in Lexington.

Central Kentucky just came through another tough winter-weather mix — snow on top of ice, and then days of bitter cold that left even treated roads slick, bumpy, and rutted. Lexington Mayor Linda Gorton has said the city’s current winter plan hasn’t kept up with what these storms are becoming. Tom Martin spoke with the mayor about what happened on the city’s streets and roads, what the city has learned, and what it would take to reach the level of snow-and-ice removal found in colder, comparable-sized cities.

Tom Martin hosts Eastern Standard, a weekly radio magazine of interviews and stories about interesting people, places, and things happening in the Commonwealth.
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