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Are the plow truck operators in NJ usually this bad at clearing the streets? Or are they routinely getting trashed before they have to go out and clear snow this year? There are entire lanes in Union and Essex counties that are unusable because only about two feet of them are cleared and the rest are covered in snowdrift. And those are the only counties I regularly drive in. For a state that's so lawsuit-conscious, you'd think they'd consider the huge safety risk a liability.
Are the plow truck operators in NJ usually this bad at clearing the streets? Or are they routinely getting trashed before they have to go out and clear snow this year? There are entire lanes in Union and Essex counties that are unusable because only about two feet of them are cleared and the rest are covered in snowdrift. And those are the only counties I regularly drive in. For a state that's so lawsuit-conscious, you'd think they'd consider the huge safety risk a liability.
Well where do you want them to put all the snow then?
Well where do you want them to put all the snow then?
Up until a few years ago, I lived someplace where this amount of snowfall would be considered a mild winter. They plow the streets properly in Michigan so that the snowdrifts are pushed further over and all the lanes are cleared. Sometimes you have to go over a drift a few times to break it up and push it over thoroughly.
Up until a few years ago, I lived someplace where this amount of snowfall would be considered a mild winter. They plow the streets properly in Michigan so that the snowdrifts are pushed further over and all the lanes are cleared. Sometimes you have to go over a drift a few times to break it up and push it over thoroughly.
It's not the amount, it's the frequency and closeness of the storms. There's been fairly cold temperatures which means there's not even a slow melt occurring. While in Michigan they may have the time to spend on the significantly less # of miles of roads, it's been a struggle to keep up in NJ. The major roadways are in pretty good shape, but the ancilliary roads are not.
Pennsylvania is in pretty bad shape now too. Pictures of people's streets have been all over.
We are in great need of a melting period. And hopefully it doesn't all come at once, or there will be flooding issues.
Are the plow truck operators in NJ usually this bad at clearing the streets? Or are they routinely getting trashed before they have to go out and clear snow this year? There are entire lanes in Union and Essex counties that are unusable because only about two feet of them are cleared and the rest are covered in snowdrift. And those are the only counties I regularly drive in. For a state that's so lawsuit-conscious, you'd think they'd consider the huge safety risk a liability.
Also depends on the road. It could be state, county or municipality doing the plowing.
well in WO we will have have about 5 or 6 days of temps in the 40's or higher during the day but freezing over night which means icing in the morning will still be ugly. After that period it looks like it's right back into a cold spell with below freezing during the day and teens or single digits at night. Mixed in there will be some significant rain storms it looks like so we will have some decent melt, followed by flooding, followed by freezing. When will the winter start to really go away
I'm not surprised that the small side streets are getting neglected here, but they did a **** poor job on parts of Springfield Ave. and Irvington Ave too.
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