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The Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) is responsible for removing snow and ice from the thousands of miles of public roads (interstate, primary and secondary) in Fairfax County. Clearing is done on a priority basis, with interstates and high volume roads cleared first.

Colorado law (Statute 43-5-301) prohibits the plowing, blowing, shoveling or otherwise placing of snow onto public roadways and right-of-way (ROW) areas along the roadside.

The act applies when a snow and ice removal service provider is prohibited, by express contract terms or in writing, from mitigating a snow, ice, or other mixed precipitation risk and makes void provisions of snow removal agreements that require one party to indemnify the other party for damages, hold the other party ...

First, snow must be removed from sidewalks and driveways within 24 hours of the end of a snowstorm. The snow that is removed from these areas must be placed on the person's own property. It is illegal to push removed snow into the street.

But states that are more up north, like Colorado or Connecticut, can have extensive snow removal laws. Snow removal laws basically task the property owner with the responsibility of cleaning any public walkways or sidewalks of snow and ice accumulations.

Owners must place snow from their sidewalks onto their front yard or other areas of their own property, and not into the street. This practice reduces the number of icy areas on streets and ensures proper drainage flow into the storm sewer once snow melts.

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