When two or more inches of snow, ice, and/or sleet has fallen on the streets of La Vista, or when the Mayor declares a snow emergency with notice to the news media. A snow emergency means: It is unlawful for any automobile to be parked on any public street within the city for 24 hours or until the street has been plowed by the City snow plows. Any vehicle that is not moved will be towed at the owner's expense.

We plow and salt all of our streets.

After a normal storm the streets will usually be plowed within 8 hours after the snow has stopped.

The streets will be cleared in the following order: mains, priority residential, minor residential and cul-de-sacs. Click here to view a map for more details.

Normally we will start plowing streets when the accumulation amount reaches 2 inches. In some instances we may start plowing sooner if conditions warrant it.

During an actual storm we will run two twelve hour shifts if necessary.

No snow is deliberately pushed onto a driveway. Some snow will accumulate at the end of everyone’s driveway as it rolls off the edge of the snowplow.

Depending on the severity of the storm there will be a minimum of 7 large plow trucks on the streets. As the need arises, an additional 7 plows will be added. Pickups, loaders and smaller equipment will be added as needed for parking lots, cul-de-sacs and sidewalks.

Approximately 211 lane miles are plowed.

If a street is missed please call the Public Works office at 402-331-8927 or go to the City’s website and click on the report a concern button.

The snow in a cul-de-sac must be piled in a specified location so that it doesn’t block any driveways, fire hydrants or mailboxes. As time permits the snow may be hauled off to allow room for the snow from the next storm.