Public Works at the Town of Huntsville has prepared a plan to deal with what is by all accounts an unusually large quantity of snow this winter.
“To date we have received two-and-a-half times more snow this winter than all of last year,” said Fire Chief/Director of Protective Services Steve Hernen. “I appreciate the frustration that residents are feeling with regards to road, intersection and parking lot snow conditions. We are feeling it too.”
Public Works has already worked more overtime hours clearing snow than it did two years ago and almost as much as last year in total, with eight more weeks of winter to come. The Town has contracted extra snow-removal and grader crews and has had to order extra winter sand, having already gone through the stock intended to last the entire season.
Public Works has prepared a plan to get ahead of Old Man Winter that includes:
- Widening of in-town roads: starting Monday February 20; including subdivisions where required. Residents: PLEASE keep roadways clear for crews. Do not park on the roads.
- Widening rural roads: starting Thursday February 16. Two additional graders and small plow trucks will wing back snowbanks. Small units will clear driveways filled in by the graders.
- Then the Town will turn its attention to parking lots.
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You know, if you just sort of live with this it will start to seriously melt in another 3 weeks and in 5 or 6 weeks it will all have flowed into your various basements or caused your dock to float away. Either way you will no longer be worrying about the snow any more. If you live near the Big East river, treading water might be appropriate if this all melts quickly. Let’s hope it takes it’s time and goes slowly.