Politics & Government

Town Says Snow Removal Going Slowly

Continuous snow has caused plowed roads to fill up again, impeding removal efforts.

The Town of Brookhaven’s Highway Department said this morning its clearing of the roads is moving slowly, but most major roads remain passable.

Lori Baldassare, the highway department’s deputy superintendent, said the town hasn’t yet gotten to plow some of the cul-de-sacs and secondary roads, but that’s normal for such a storm.

No major incidents have yet been reported from department workers on the road because of the snow, according to Baldassare, though she recommended residents refrain from parking on the streets as much as possible to aid in the snow removal efforts.

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“The plowing is going slowly because it just keeps snowing, so they clear the road and then an hour or so later, there’s a few inches on it again,” she said.

The town has more than 500 plows out on the roads today, and the cleanup effort is likely to go “well into tomorrow,” she added.

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“It depends when the snow stops,” Baldassare said. “As far as people getting out and around, we should be in much better shape later today.”

Forecasts have predicted the snow will slow down this afternoon, though a winter storm warning for the Island is in effect until the end of the day today.

The National Weather Service in New York issued a special statement this morning for the area from Old Field to East Patchogue, where the weather service said a band of “very heavy snow” could drop 2-4 inches per hour. Another band of heavy snow was moving eastward from Sound Beach to Westhampton this morning, according to the weather service.


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