8 Things To Know About a Storm

Here are 8 things to keep in mind during storms, courtesy of the

1. Reduce your speed and drive cautiously.

2. Remain off the streets during snowstorms unless absolutely necessary.

3. Do not allow children to make "snow forts" at the edge of roads.

4. Do not plow, blow or throw snow back into the road. It is illegal

5. Before final clean-up of your driveway, check the road. If it does not appear to be widened out, a plow will be most likely returning to plow again and may push snow back into the entrance of your driveway. Doing this might keep you from clearing your driveway more than once.

6. During plowing operations some lawn areas located within the town’s right of way (roadway shoulder) will inadvertently be damaged. To help keep this from occurring, consider installing reflectors at the edge of your lawn placed six inches back from the edge of pavement as a guide for our plow operators.

7. If lawn sprinkler system is installed please keep it away from the edge of the road. The Department of Public Works is not responsible for repairing or replacing them if damaged during snow plowing operations. If you have installed sprinkler heads near the edge of the road, they most like are located on town property.

8. Finally, please have patience. Snow plowing is a time-consuming and arduous job covering approximately 100 miles of roads. Some of the roads will be plowed first and some will be last, but at the end all town roads will be plowed and cleared.