Quick notes on updates shared by the Director Public Works and Director of FMPS about City’s snow status:

  • All streets are passable at this point, but there are still areas needing attention. Spots DPW will be tackling next include Greenhill, parts of 8th, and Harrison.

  • Parked cars on the street in areas DPW is working make it difficult and slow down progress for lifting and trucking out the snow. So if you take note of work crews in your area, they ask you do your best to give them as much open space to work with. Please also drive slow to be safe for yourself and workers.

  • Following normal trash runs, DPW crews are also going around to handicap ramps on street corners to clear them for full uninhibited use.

  • While Code Enforcement is out to ensure folks know of the City’s snow ordinances, no citations are being issued at this time and they recognize the complications of this storm. Certainly residents and businesses: please continue to safely do your best to free up your sidewalks and other walkways so our City can open up as much and as expeditiously as possible.

  • There’s also hope this week that as temperatures make their way above 40 degrees for the first time in weeks, it will be easier to shovel and some of the volume of snow will also melt away. Of course, be careful of re-freezing and ice that’s possible depending on where temperatures go.

(UPDATE: Here’s a video spot from LaurelTV profiling the snow cleanup efforts with messages from the Mayor and Director of Public Works.)