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...Medeiros says the public has not idea what complex efforts are involved in getting those 42 inches off the streets. Cambridge is divided into 10 snow routes, he said, and main roads like Mass. Ave. come first so emergency vehicles can get through after the snow removal...
When the first snowflake hits the ground, Medeiros calls in the salter brigade, a fleet of vehicles charged with sprinkling Cambridge pavements with salt to keep snow from freezing...
...salters are also the first stage of the snow removal process...
They are equipped with a set of blades which scrapes any snow which stacks up to under six inches, he said...
...Snow over six inches gets the heavy stuff: the posse of plows hits the streets...