FAQ Category: Streets Division

In response to resident input, the City’s elected officials have once again focused their attention on the annual street maintenance program. The City annually reviews all City streets and develops a cost-efficient schedule designed specifically to replace deteriorated concrete slabs based upon individual concrete slab condition. To equitably select these slabs, City staff performs field…

Call 9-1-1 in an emergency; the dispatcher will contact the Street Division should an emergency vehicle need assistance to arrive at your home or business.

If your mailbox or landscaping is damaged by a snowplow, please notify the City by calling (636) 327-5101 for repairs. Because Wentzville code prohibits basketball goals and other obstructions in the public right-of-way (mid-street to about one foot beyond sidewalks), the City does NOT pay for basketball goal damage.

Clearing City streets of snow requires pushing (plowing) snow from the center of the street to the edges. As a result, additional snow is deposited at the end of your driveway. If you can’t wait until plows have cleared your street before cleaning your driveway, here’s help: when facing your home, shovel snow to the…

If no off-street parking is available, it is strongly recommended that you and your neighbors park along one side of the road, only. If snowplow crews feel they can’t safely get to your street because of parked vehicles or other obstructions, no service will be provided. During a snow emergency, it is unlawful for vehicles…

Residents and business owners are required to keep their own driveways, sidewalks and private streets clear of ice and snow.

The City has grown tremendously over the past 20 years. As of 2021, approximately 375 lane miles of streets are maintained by the City of Wentzville. To efficiently clear snow, the City has 16 trucks equipped with plows and salt spreaders. There are also many streets in and around Wentzville that are not plowed by…

Residents should make sure there are full depth expansion joints in place in several locations within their driveway. Some expansion joints do not extend the full depth of the slab and pressure may build up against the home foundation or the driveway slab. Residents should annually inspect their driveway expansion joints in late spring or…

Based on current case law (A.K. and Virginia Zumwalt vs. Boone County, MO), municipalities and governing bodies are not responsible for damage on private property that may be associated with street or driveway movement. Consequently, the City’s insurance carrier does not reimburse homeowners.

Not always. Streets and driveways will continue to move slightly. There have been occasions where the City has provided second replacements of expansion joints due to continuing movement.