LEXINGTON, Ky. (LEX 18) — After a severe winter storm in January left many Lexington side streets slick for days, forcing school closures and creating transportation challenges, city officials have announced significant improvements to their snow response plan for the upcoming winter season.

The January 2025 storm was particularly challenging for the community, leading to seven consecutive days of school cancellations or non-traditional instruction days while road crews worked to clear and treat side streets.

"We had significant snow that occurred and then it kind of compounded and then we had this ice pack and one of the things that we didn't really speak about this, you know, in this meeting was the lack of sunshine during that period of time as well," said Daryn Morris, director of tr

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