City of Tulsa officials said they are prepared for winter weather conditions. The City of Tulsa is responsible for clearing snow and ice from the Gilcrease Expressway, L.L. Tisdale Expressway and all arterial (main) streets. Other highway segments in Tulsa are the responsibility of the Oklahoma Department of Transportation.

Jerry Ball, Streets and Stormwater Department Director, and Steve Piltz, Meteorologist in Charge at the National Weather Service in Tulsa, held a news conference to detail preparations.

Here are the resources:

• 66 truck-mounted salt spreaders
• 4 truck-mounted LAS (Liquid Applicator Systems). We were able to add 2 more applicator systems to our fleet this year.
• 47 truck-mounted snow plows (Of the 66 trucks with spreaders, and 4 trucks with LAS, 47 have plows.)
• 7 4×4 pick-up trucks equipped with snow plows
• 3 motor graders for use as plows
• 170 employees (including drivers and support staff)
• About 12,500 tons of salt 
• 2 salt brine mixing systems

Ball said crews are assigned to 35 routes totaling 1,770 lane-miles, which is about the same distance as driving from Tulsa to San Francisco. Spreading and plowing routes are based on traffic counts. Once the main streets are cleared and conditions permit, selected residential streets may be treated based upon traffic and steepness.

During winter weather response, the first focus is to clear city arterial streets for emergency responders. After arterial streets are clear, the second focus then moves to residential or collector streets near hospitals, schools and areas with steep hills.