Cincinnati unveils new winter preparedness plan after back-to-back snowy winters

Under a warm, sunny sky in early November, Cincinnati city officials laid out their updated plan to tackle heavy snowfalls that could come in the looming winter after two back-to-back snowfalls buried the city in January and December 2025 through January 2026.Mayor Aftab Pureval stood alongside City Manager Sheryl Long and Department of Public Services Director Mark Riley to detail the results of two years of work to update snow response protocols, include additional technology, improve transparency and improve driver safety and operations."We have strategized and prepared for the worst," Pureval said.The "worst," for some, was realized in January 2025 when heavy snow left people on Mt. Adams trapped as plows failed to reach their streets.We talked with Christy Barton during that storm, and revisited her after the city's latest announcement to ask if she'd seen an improvement in snow response between winters."They did a better job," she said. "I won't say it was perfect like the good o