Snow removal efforts continue in Independence and Lee’s Summit [Video]

BACKUP. NO ONE WAS SERIOUSLY HURT. SIDE STREETS IN SO MANY AREA CITIES ARE STILL A MESS. AND IN CITIES LIKE LEE’S SUMMIT AND INDEPENDENCE, PUBLIC WORKS CREWS ARE STILL WORKING AROUND THE CLOCK. KMBC NINE KRISTA TATCHELL IS CHECKING ON THEIR PROGRESS THIS EVENING IN BOTH THE CITY OF INDEPENDENCE AND LEE’S SUMMIT. THE SALT AND SAND TRUCKS AND SNOWPLOWS HAVE BEEN SLOWLY MAKING THEIR WAY THROUGH RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS. IT’S BEEN A ROUND THE CLOCK EFFORT. WE’VE BEEN OUT HERE FOR AT LEAST AN HOUR. HE IN INDEPENDENCE, PEOPLE ARE DIGGING OUT OF RESIDENTIAL DRIVEWAYS TO GET BACK. MOVING ON THE ROADS. 15 ROAD CREWS HERE PLOWED NEARLY 1400 LANE MILES OF ROAD IN FIVE DAYS, WORKING 24 HOURS A DAY BEFORE, DURING AND AFTER THE BLIZZARD. YESTERDAY, THE CITY RECEIVED 100 SNOW REMOVAL CALLS. THAT NUMBER IS DOWN TO AROUND 40. STILL TO CLEAR TODAY. YES, WE DO …