While Madison recovers from the snow and ice storm that hit
Saturday, more snow is on the way tonight.

According to Madison Streets Superintendent Al
Schumacher, the city has been doing as much as possible to keep the roads safe
and ready for use.

Thirty contracted vehicles salted, plowed and
sanded their way through the streets of Madison throughout Saturday, according
to Schumacher. A couple of vehicles helped emergency vehicles get through the
snow.

Although the storm was over Saturday night, there
was plenty left to clean up Sunday and Monday.

"We don't usually salt every street — usually just
main streets and bus routes," Schumacher said. "And we did little in the
residential areas on Saturday. But we went through and salted [Monday] and
tried to break up some more of that ice in the residential areas."

Schumacher also said that the city replowed some
areas Monday.

"We replowed most of the residential areas, cleaned
up the corners and tried to fix some turn lanes as well as some of the narrower
streets," Schumacher said.

The Madison Police Department kept busy Saturday as
well.

"We eventually went down to emergency calls only,"
said MPD Public Information Officer Joel DeSpain. "And although it's crude, we
had a bit of a 'blood and blockage' policy when it came down to it."

According to MPD Captain Tom Snyder, there was a
minimal number of crashes.

"Initially, when it started snowing on Saturday,
there were a lot of fender benders," Snyder said. "They were minor accidents.
We took on the 'blood and blockage' policy later on Saturday when it just got
too busy. People had to file their own accident reports."

MPD was very busy giving out citations this weekend
as well, according to DeSpain.

"We had some problems getting the side streets
clear," DeSpain said. "We wrote 437 $30 citations on Saturday and 429 on Sunday
— all to people who are supposed to clear their cars off the street in the
event of a snowstorm emergency."

Other than the citations and accidents, the snowstorm
recovery within Madison went smoothly.

According to Schumacher, the only issue to face now
is how much the weekend cost the city.

"A normal storm will cost about $300,000,"
Schumacher said. "We fully anticipate this to cost more than that, just because
of the ice buildup and all the extra work associated with that."

The city has the cost of five big snowstorms per
calendar year built into the budget. This storm was the fifth for 2007,
according to Schumacher.

"We had a pretty bad winter earlier this year in
January and February," Schumacher said. "It doesn't matter though. If it snows,
we will be out there cleaning it up, and we will find additional funding if
necessary."