North Kingstown Parking Ban Issued in Advance of Storm

NORTH KINGSTOWN, RI—Whether the town ends up with just a couple of inches or quite a few inches of snow this weekend, one thing is certain: plow crews will be out and roads will be in poor condition, especially on Saturday afternoon.

As a result, the North Kingstown Police Department has issued a parking ban that goes into effect on Saturday at 4 p.m. to last until Sunday at noon.

Residents are asked to keep their cars off the street and give plow crews room to work. The primary concern is ensuring emergency vehicles can get through neighborhoods and side streets along with ensuring a speedy and effective cleanup.

The latest computer models as of Friday afternoon showed that most of Rhode Island will get anywhere from 2 to 8 inches with the biggest impact felt along the coast.

North Kingstown is in a unique position as it sits toward the middle of the state and has frontage along Narragansett Bay, which means some inland residents will see much less wind than folks close to the water in Wickford, for example.

And this storm puts Rhode Island right in the middle of the northern leading edge of its projected route. This has made projecting snowfall totals very hard as a few notches north or south can make the difference between just an inch or a total blizzard.  This means North Kingstown is really in the middle of the middle of it all.