RI Winter Storm: East Providence Issues Parking Ban

EAST PROVIDENCE, RI — When you're done getting your milk and bread to get ready for Saturday's storm, make sure you get your car off the road.

East Providence police issued a city-wide on-street parking ban, starting 8 p.m., Friday, until further notice. Instead, police urge residents to use the following public parking lots:

• Kimberly Ann Rock Field — Ferris Avenue
• Lyle Bourne Park — New Road
• Glen Lyon Field/Playground — Kelly Avenue
• Freedom Green Parking Lot —Centre Sreet
• Central Avenue Playground — McCausland Avenue
• Hull Street Playground — Hull Street
• Pierce Stadium — Mercer Street
• Kent Heights Field — Clyde Avenue
• Sabin Point Road Playground — Shore Road
• Riverside Rec. Field — Somerset Avenue
• Providence Avenue Playground — Providence Avenue
• Rose Larisa Park — Bullocks Point Avenue
• Carousel Parking Lot — Crescent View Avenue
• Vinter Avenue Playground — Vinter Avenue
• Grassy Plain Park — Estrell Drive
• Myron Francis School — Bourne Avenue
• Martin Middle School — Brown Street
• Riverside Middle School — Forbes Street
• Orlo Avenue School — Orlo Avenue
• Whiteknact School — Grosvenor Avenue and N. County Street
• Kent Heights School — Pawtucket Avenue and Wannamoisett Avenue
• Silver Spring School — Progress Avenue
• Old Oldham School — Bullocks Point Avenue
• Waddington School — Legion Way
• Oldham School — Griffith Drive.

The National Weather Service issued a winter storm warning statewide from midnight Saturday until midnight Sunday. Expect extremely dangerous conditions during the height of the storm, with heavy, sustained snowfall and wind gusts up to 65 mph in parts of the state.

The first flakes aren't expected to arrive until after midnight, with the storm picking up overnight and dropping up to four inches by morning. The NWS predicted that the storm will continue throughout the day Saturday, with accumulations up to 18 inches statewide before tapering off by about 10 p.m.