Snow & Ice FAQs

For snow and ice events, plowing and sanding in Corvallis are prioritized into four categories:

• Priority 1 
  The following streets are considered to be the minimum network which must be kept open to provide a transportation system that connects to essential facilities, hospitals, fire stations, police stations, and emergency response units: Good Samaritan (Samaritan Drive and Emergency Room access); Fire Station access (5th Street, Circle Boulevard, 35th Street, Tunison Avenue); all Corvallis Transit System routes; select streets within the Central Business District connecting to essential facilities (2nd Street, Jackson, Tyler, Polk & Adams Avenues); and Corvallis Public Works access (Waterworks Drive). 
• Priority 2 
  The following streets provide significant secondary access routes for emergency responders and community travel: arterials and collectors—Circle Boulevard, Research Way, Brooklane Drive, 49th Street, 45th Street, Birdsong, 26th Street, 29th Street, 30th Street, Grant Avenue, Washington Avenue, Alexander Avenue, Thompson Street, Harrison Boulevard, Van Buren Avenue, Garfield Avenue, Glenridge Drive, Ponderosa Avenue, and lower elevation areas of Witham Hill Drive and Elks Drive. 
• Priority 3 
  All other local roads and facilities not listed as Priority 1 or 2. Streets and areas include residential streets that connect to arterial and collector streets listed in Priority 2 and City owned public parking lots. 
• Priority 4 
  Streets and areas in this category include: Higher elevation areas (Skyline West, South Hills, Garryanna, Rolling Green, Estaview, Elmwood, Myrtlewood, Witham Hill, Elks Drive), the Corvallis Municipal Airport, and Cul-de-sacs.

Note: Except when requested by fire or police, plowing and sanding will not take place in the following areas: private streets, streets and cul-de-sacs exceeding 15% grade, alleys, and streets maintained by other agencies (ODOT, Benton County, and OSU).