Town Of Arlington: Jan 7 Snow Storm Impacts

Press release from Town of Arlington:

01/06/2022 4:22 PM

Due to forecasted snow accumulations and time of day of those accumulations please note the following for Friday, January 7th.

Jan. 7 Town Hall Admin Offices Available Remotely
All Town Admin Offices will be physically closed, yet services will be available remotely (online and phone). This includes offices at the following locations.

- Town Hall, 730 Mass. Ave.
- Senior Center, 27 Maple St.
- Recreation Office, 422 Summer St.
- DPW Administrative, 51 Grove St.
- Inspectional Services, 23 Maple St.
- APD Admin & Records Room, 112 Mystic St.
- Fire Administrative, 411 Mass. Ave.
- Office at Mt. Pleasant Cemetery.

Jan. 7 Robbins and Fox Library Closed

Trash Delay for Friday’s Route, One-day
Friday’s trash collection is delayed one day. JRM will pick up your trash and recycling on Saturday January 8th. Please wait to put your containers out until Friday evening so your trash and recycling is clear of snow.

No Snow Emergency/Parking Ban
At this time no snow emergency/parking ban is planned, but Town officials will continue to monitor conditions.

Exercise Caution if You Need to Travel
Although no parking ban in effect, please park cars off the street.
During a snow event please exercise caution when traveling and park off-street to help facilitate snow removal operations. After a storm, residents and businesses are reminded to keep public walkways clear in accordance with Town bylaws. Now is a good time to adopt a fire hydrant to keep it clear of snow in the event of an emergency. Catch basins should be cleared year-round to reduce neighborhood flooding.

Bluebike Service
At this time there is no plan to suspend Bluebikes service during tomorrow's snowfall. Bikes will remain available and snow removal services have been scheduled. For future updates please check at https://twitter.com/RideBluebikes

Deadline Extended for Small Business and Nonprofit Working Capital ARPA Fund Application
Applications accepted through Monday, January 10.
The deadline for Small Business and Nonprofit Working Capital Grant Applications has been extended to Monday, January 10, 2022 at 4:00 p.m. Please leave completed applications the Town Hall Drop Box if Town Hall is not open. If possible please address your envelope Attention Planning Department/Ali Carter. The Drop Box is accessible from the Academy Street Parking lot of Town Hall by the bike rack and is marked Town Depository. For more information about the program, visit arlingtonma.gov/planning

Important Phone Numbers
Residents are reminded of the following important phone numbers and recommend you print them, or otherwise make them available offline, should you lose power:

- Report downed electrical wires: call 911 and Eversource at 1-800-592-2000.
- Report a power outage to Eversource at 1-800-592-2000 or at eversource.com.
- Report a downed street tree or limb to DPW dispatch at 781-316-3301.  

Be Alerted of Snow Emergencies/Parking Bans
When a snow emergency/parking ban it put into place, the Town will send a notification via Arlington Alerts (phone, text, and email), Town Notices (regular email list), and on its social media channels (Facebook and Twitter). If you are not subscribed to these methods you may do so at arlingtonma.gov/connect. This information will also be posted on arlingtonma.gov.

To read more information about the Town’s snow operations and what you can do to make Arlington a safe place for all this winter please visit arlingtonma.gov/snow.

This press release was produced by Town of Arlington. The views expressed here are the author’s own.