Slick enough for skating — St. Louis residents frustrated with inches of ice stuck to side streets

Little has melted away. In fact, cars repeatedly driving down his block have seemed to turn the surface into a long stretch of tundra.In a Facebook post this week, the city posted that it had plenty of salt on hand, but that it still faced challenges in addressing the widespread ice.“I had a little time between calls so I thought I’d take a trip down memory lane, and do some laps because we got some good ice,” Hall said.“With a sustained cold, and not plowing or salting and hoping mother nature will take over, hasn’t provided a lot of relief,” Hall said.Many residents have voiced frustration that the salt should have been applied sooner.Officials have told residents that the streets are too narrow for plows to work their way through. Smaller vehicles have been roaming some neighborhoods to scatter salt, and the Board of Aldermen has held a hearing on snow removal.Auto repair shops have also had their hands full over the past few days. Jeff Goeke, a location manager with Complete Auto Repair, said they’d seen a 25 percent bump in calls since the storm began.“We have bought three smaller snow plows that are on their way but, due to supply chain issues, won’t be available to us until next winter. We look forward to putting them into use!” the post read.ST. LOUIS, Mo. (First Alert 4) – The snow and ice stuck to Brandon Hall’s street only seems to get slicker by the day.“We’ve had big increases in tow-ins, estimates, slipping and sliding into ditches,” Goeke said.Like many St. Louis residents this week, Hall and his neighbors have been frustrated with the lingering ice on side streets in the city. Just this morning, several neighbors helped one resident who was stuck.Copyright 2025 KMOV. All rights reserved.But Hall, who grew up in New York, decided to make the best of the situation one morning on a break from work, and laced up a pair of skates.