Winter Updates

The City handles the salting and plowing of more than 1,500 miles of roadway during winter weather. Staff uses a priority plowing system that ensures main traffic routes are addressed first, followed by residential streets, cul-de-sacs, alleys and dead ends. 

When snow events occur, the City provides information to residents and businesses by posting winter operations updates with details about upcoming or current weather conditions and snow removal.

what to expect

Salting and Plowing: City crews begin applying salt to roadways when snow and/or ice begins to accumulate, and conditions are expected to cause unsafe traveling conditions.

Crews begin an all-out plowing operation whenever two inches of snow have accumulated on paved services and snow is still falling.

When You'll Hear From Us: The City will provide updates about snow removal operations and service impacts once crews begin all-out plowing operations (when two inches of snow has accumulated and snow is still falling). The approach and frequency of notifications will vary based on the event and how it impacts road conditions. 

Even when less than two inches fall, please continue to be extra cautious when heading outdoors. Always give yourself extra time to reach your destination, increase your driving distance, reduce your speed, and use care when walking on sidewalks, in parking lots and at train stations.

View the Snow Removal Map

See which streets have been salted or plowed in Naperville with the City's interactive snow removal map.

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Get Winter Operations Updates

To receive updates about how the City is responding during winter weather events:

Sign up for garbage and recycling service alerts using Groot's mobile or web app and receive a push notification, email or text alert from Groot
regarding holiday collection schedules and delays in collection due to weather events at naperville.groot.com

Get updates about winter operations, such as snow removal progress and weather-related service changes, on the City’s Facebook and X channels at facebook.com/NapervilleIL and x.com/NapervilleIL.

Sign up for Naper Notify's Winter Operations community notification category to receive information about snow removal operations in
the City. To create or update your account or view which community notifications you currently receive, visit napernotify.com.

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Winter Road Maintenance

The City handles the salting and plowing of more than 1,500 miles of roadway during winter weather. Staff uses a priority plowing system that ensures main traffic routes are addressed first, followed by residential streets, cul-de-sacs, alleys and dead ends. However, some roadways in Naperville are maintained by outside agencies. Here is a list of these agencies and the major roads they maintain. 

  • Ogden Avenue (Route 34)
  • Route 59

DuPage County: 630-407-6800

  • 75th Street
  • Hobson Road
  • Raymond Drive
  • Plainfield/Naperville Road
  • Naper Boulevard/Naperville Road north of Ogden Avenue
  • Mill Street north of Ogden Avenue
  • Diehl Road west of Mill Street
  • Chicago Avenue east of Charles Avenue

Will County: 815-727-8478

  • Hassert Boulevard east of Route 59
  • 95th Street east of Plainfield/Naperville Road

Snow Control in Downtown Naperville

Every year, the Department of Public Works hauls snow piles out of the downtown area to keep parking spaces open, visibility safer and to reduce icy and hazardous conditions for pedestrians.

This year, snow will be hauled out of the downtown area into the Kroehler parking lot (near the Naperville Metra Station), which is currently closed to commuters and the safest option for snow loadout. Most snow loadouts occur during the daytime hours the days after it snows; however, large scale loadouts during and after major snowstorms may take several days to complete and/or occur during nighttime hours. Nearby residents may hear some noise from equipment used to pile snow when these loadouts occur.