St. Louis begins salting icy side streets, but residents remain salty

Anger over the condition of St. Louis streets following the Jan. 5 snowstorm boiled over during an aldermanic hearing, where residents and officials criticized the city’s response. As streets remained coated with thick ice 10 days after the storm, the city announced a new plan to salt streets, but for many, the plan was too little, too late. Alderwoman Cara Spencer said the city’s response had been “really frustrating.” She pointed out that “I too cannot drive on my own street. There are three inches of ice on it right now.”