The Marion County Roads Department wants to remind residents of the county’s policies regarding snow removal.

Per their ordinance, county-owned motor graders and snow plows will not be in operation after 8:00 pm and will not begin before 4:00 am during snow events. If conditions are too hazardous, snow removal operations may be suspended until they are deemed safe to resume. Marion County Engineer Tyler Christian says that roads may only have one lane plowed for a period of time.

“Roads are gonna get narrow. Our goal is to get them one lane, and then come back and widen out as we can, but, in a lot of cases it won’t be a whole two lanes wide after this week.”

Christian also reminds residents that the ordinance states that snow from private driveways shall not be placed on the roadway or shoulders and the county will not replace mailboxes damaged or knocked down by the force of the snow thrown from the plow.

View the complete ordinance for Marion County here. Hear more from Tyler Christian on today’s In Touch with South Central Iowa.