Minnesota Department of Transportation

511 Travel Info

Metro District Maintenance

About

maintenance map for metro area
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What we do

  • Metro District Maintenance provides service 7 days a week, 24 hours a day
  • Metro District is Maintenance is responsible for plowing 5,232 route miles
  • 250 trucks are used for snow removal in the Twin Cities Metro area
  • The Twin Cities Metro area averages 54 inches of snow annually
  • Metro District Maintenance Snow and Ice Operations uses an average of 145,000 tons of material per season

Metro District Maintenance handles

  • Bridge and structure inspection and maintenance
  • Vegetation management
  • Pavement repair
  • Drainage system repair
  • Snow and ice (clearing roadways)
  • Safety barrier repair and maintenance
  • Signing and pavement marking