Guidelines when heading out on the ice. Two inches and under they advise you stay off the ice. They say at least 4 inches of ice is a safe bet for walking or ice fishing. Snowmobiles and atvs. 5 to 6, small cars and trucks 8 to 12 and for anything bigger at least a foot. The city of Milwaukee Department of public works is getting ready for the several inches of snow expected to fall in milwaukee over the weekend. Lauren winfrey is liit department is doing to prepare. Safe and passable. Those are the two words emphasized most today during the department of Public Works Press conference that wrapped up just a couple of hours ago. The department has a plan to clear snow and ice and keep milwaukees streets safe and passable in fact laura daniels, ddirector of operations says her team has been preparing for the citys first snow fall since the summer implementing a new brining technique this year if we get the higher limits of the snow predicted, we will have a snow emergency in all likeliho