trucks

Is your kid fascinated by trucks? Does he or she love seeing big machinery up close? Does the photo (left) of a Washington Gas truck provoke feelings of awe and wonder?

If so, indulge the kid’s obsession at Arlington Central Library’s “truck petting zoo.”

From 9:00 to 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, various types of work vehicles will be on display at the library’s (1015 N. Quincy Street) east parking lot, near the tennis courts. Kids of all ages are invited to touch and explore the vehicles up close.

According to the Arlington Transit Blog, the trucks scheduled to be on display include:

ACFD fire engine, ladder truck and ambulance
ACPD motorcycle and police cruiser
Street sweeper, garbage truck and dump truck from the Arlington’s Dept. of Environmental Services
Concrete mixer from Vulcan Materials
Gas operations vehicle from Washington Gas
Arlington Transit ART bus

A number of people have been wondering: where do those dump trucks — the ones filled with snow scooped up off Wilson Blvd., Clarendon Blvd., Crystal Dr., and other main roads — go after they’ve been filled up? And what happens to all that snow? Now we have an answer.

It turns out the trucks (which have been operating since Friday night) actually are dumping the snow in several parks, parking lots and other county-owned locations, including:

A site on S. Clark St (just off of Old Jefferson Davis Highway)
The future Long Bridge Park (also off of Old Jefferson Davis Highway)
The Virginia Highlands park parking lot (off of S. Hayes St., near Pentagon City mall)
Barcroft #6 parking lot (off of 4 Mile Run Dr. near George Mason Drive)

Over the next few weeks, the Department of Environmental Services will try to clear the huge snow piles using a mechanical snow melter, according to spokesperson Myllisa Kennedy. The department is also hoping that mother nature will pitch in with some sunshine and warmer weather.

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Central Library to Host ‘Truck Petting Zoo’

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