Gering City Council Adopts Amended Ordinance Adding Secondary Emergency Snow Routes

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                                                              December 16, 2025 

GERING CITY COUNCIL ADOPTS AMENDED ORDINANCE ADDING 

SECONDARY EMERGENCY SNOW ROUTES

GERING – The Gering City Council recently passed an ordinance amending the Emergency Snow Removal Ordinance. The amended ordinance adds Secondary Snow Routes, shown below.  The purpose of Secondary Snow Routes is twofold.  First, most of these routes are located around schools. By designating them as Secondary Snow Routes, City crews can clear snow more efficiently and quickly in these areas, improving traffic safety around schools. Additionally, the equipment used by the City’s Street Department for snow removal is too wide to maneuver easily on side streets.  Parked vehicles have been damaged when vehicles are parked on both sides of the street. 

    Provisions in the ordinance require that residents living on designated Secondary Emergency Snow  Routes must park on the odd or even numbered side of the street when a Snow Emergency is declared and until it is lifted.  This will allow enough room for City crews and equipment to windrow snow and remove it prior to school resuming.  When a Snow Emergency is declared, parking where normally allowed on both sides of a street, will be limited to either the odd or even numbered side of the street on all Secondary Emergency Snow Routes. 

     The penalty for not removing parked vehicles or other property from Primary and Secondary Emergency Snow Routes during a Snow Emergency has been increased to $250. 

PLEASE NOTE: During this coming snow season, when Snow Emergencies are declared, citations will not be issued to anyone on SECONDARY Emergency Snow Routes.  During the first year of this amended ordinance, the City will focus on public education to help residents become familiar with the process.  However, anyone who leaves vehicles or other property parked on a Primary Emergency Snow Route will be issued a citation if the vehicle is not removed after a Snow Emergency has been declared.

HOW TO KNOW WHEN A SNOW EMERGENCY HAS BEEN DECLARED:  The best way to know if a Snow Emergency has been declared is by checking local media outlets, the City’s website and the City’s Facebook page.  If a storm is forecasted, or if snow is accumulating, there is always a chance that a Snow Emergency could be declared.  When a Snow Emergency is declared (or even if residents suspect it might be) plan to move vehicles, trailers, campers, etc., off of Primary Snow Routes and off of the odd or even numbered side of streets on Secondary Snow Routes as shown below. 

SECONDARY EMERGENCY SNOW ROUTES

                                                                                                Side of street on which vehicles shall

Street                                                                                      be parked during a snow emergency

8th Street from R Street to S Street                                       ODD numbered side

9th Street from K Street to S Street                                       ODD numbered side

11th Street from N Street to U Street                                     ODD numbered side

14th Street from Q Street to R Street                                     ODD numbered side

17th Street from U Street to Kings Road                               ODD numbered side

17th Street from D Street to M Street                                     ODD numbered side

17th Street from M Street to U Street                                     ODD numbered side

Flaten Ave. from Ponder Pl. to Pacific Blvd.                          ODD numbered side

Ponder Place from Flaten Drive to Nelson Avenue               ODD numbered side

Chinoe Rd. from Country Club Rd. to Nelson Ave.               ODD numbered side

Q Street from 7th Street to 17th Street                                  ODD numbered side   

D Street from Kimball Avenue to Five Rocks Road               ODD numbered side

K Street from 5th Street to 12th Street                                   ODD numbered side

12th Street from K Street to Q Street                                     ODD numbered side 

13th Street from P Street to U Street                                     EVEN numbered side

R Street from 12th Street to 15th Street                                EVEN numbered side

R Street from 8th Street to 9th Street                                     EVEN numbered side

Pacific Blvd. from U Street to Davis Avenue                          EVEN numbered side

Nelson Ave. from Pacific Blvd. to Ponder Place                    EVEN numbered side

Donna Dr. from Flaten Ave. to Nelson Dr.                             EVEN numbered side

PRIMARY EMERGENCY SNOW ROUTES

10th Street from J Street to U Street

10th Street (Scottsbluff/Gering Highway) from U Street to the North Platte River Bridge

M Street/Old Oregon Trail from the Cemetery road east to Highway 71 bypass 

Kimball Avenue from Five Rocks Road to J Street

Five Rocks Road from Robidoux Road to Country Club Road 

U Street from Five Rocks Road to 10th Street

U Street from 7th Street east to 21st Avenue

S Street from 10th Street to 7th Street

7th Street from M Street to Country Club Road 

Country Club Road from 10th Street to 7th Street

Lockwood Road from Hwy. 71 to M Street

21st Avenue from M Street to the North Platte River Bridge

Please direct questions about Secondary Snow Routes to the City of Gering at (308) 436-5096. 

Thank you.