La Follette Street Department

About La Follette Street Department

LaFollette is built on hills, and every one of them turns into a decision the moment snow arrives. The La Follette Street Department takes the city's streets in order of need, Central Avenue and the main routes first, then the steep side streets where a car cannot get a start without some help. Plows run through the night; salt and cinders go down on the grades and at the intersections where stopping matters most. Municipal snow work is invisible when it goes well, which is exactly how a street crew prefers it. Morning comes, the town drives to work, and the mountain holds onto its white a while longer.