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slipknot (slippy)
Citizen
Username: Zotts
Post Number: 193
Registered: 7-2004
| | Posted on Monday, December 5, 2005 - 9:01 am: |     |
Once again it looks like there has been no plowing in the Hilton section. The streets are terrible, the rest of the town is fine. I am sick of being the ugly step sister to the town. |
Meandtheboys
Citizen
Username: Meandtheboys
Post Number: 2245
Registered: 12-2004
| | Posted on Monday, December 5, 2005 - 9:03 am: | |
We had no plows either. I don't think it was just the Hilton section. |
greenetree
Supporter
Username: Greenetree
Post Number: 6203
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Monday, December 5, 2005 - 10:16 am: | |
There were no plows - I think that the main streets are clear simply because of traffic volume. The streets around Maplecrest Park were covered in sheets of ice at the corners and curbs. |
sac
Supporter
Username: Sac
Post Number: 2882
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Monday, December 5, 2005 - 10:20 am: | |
I have seen no evidence of plowing anywhere, so I don't think any particular section is being ignored this time. Hopefully they will figure out by tonight that the plows need to come out of the mothballs. |
mjh
Supporter
Username: Mjh
Post Number: 314
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Monday, December 5, 2005 - 11:27 am: | |
No plowing, but we saw the salt truck come by in our neighborhood (Clinton School).
I'm not a big believer in plowing for under 3 inches of snow (considering limited budget for the town). |
aquaman
Supporter
Username: Aquaman
Post Number: 595
Registered: 8-2001
| | Posted on Monday, December 5, 2005 - 11:51 am: | |
I guess if one see herself as a victim, or ugly step-sister (uggh!), then one will find ample justification to prove her point. This is a classic. |
HOMMELL
Citizen
Username: Hommell
Post Number: 7
Registered: 11-2005
| | Posted on Monday, December 5, 2005 - 12:17 pm: | |
No plowing on my street (Tuscan area), but the traffic did melt away some of the snow. I fear the ice  |
Just The Aunt
Supporter
Username: Auntof13
Post Number: 3293
Registered: 1-2004
| | Posted on Monday, December 5, 2005 - 4:08 pm: | |
There was no plowing in my area of South Orange either. We're due for another 4-6 inches tonight! |
Joan
Supporter
Username: Joancrystal
Post Number: 6731
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Monday, December 5, 2005 - 4:28 pm: | |
The sun seems to have cleared away much of the snow on the streets around me but the streets are still very wet from the under melt. Prepare for icing overnight with the likelihood of a thin coat of fresh snow over that by morning. |
eb1154
Citizen
Username: Eb1154
Post Number: 416
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Monday, December 5, 2005 - 4:52 pm: | |
None of the streets in Maplewood were plowed yesterday. However, every street in Maplewood was salted. There wasn't enough snow to plow.
Plowing versus Salting is a judgement call. We have to take in to consideration the cost compared to the safety issues. It is not an easy decision to make nor is it one we take lightly.
Also, there isn't any section in town that gets preferential treatment when it comes to snow plowing. The town is divided in to about 14 sections and each section is assigned a truck. All the trucks go out at just about the same time. All streets in town (including dead ends)should have a plow on it no later than two hours after we start plowing. We tell the guys to open the middle of the roads first and then go back and open the road completely. The only differnce in sections will be that some of the guys plow better than others.
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wendy
Supporter
Username: Wendy
Post Number: 1862
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Monday, December 5, 2005 - 5:53 pm: | |
Well that explains it eb. Public Works must put the better plowers on the better streets. Confess. Confess. |
Shawna
Citizen
Username: Lucies_mom
Post Number: 34
Registered: 10-2005
| | Posted on Monday, December 5, 2005 - 10:18 pm: | |
If streets were not plowed Sunday, why did I see a plow driving down Prospect around 9am? |
HOMMELL
Citizen
Username: Hommell
Post Number: 8
Registered: 11-2005
| | Posted on Monday, December 5, 2005 - 10:46 pm: | |
spite? |
Shawna
Citizen
Username: Lucies_mom
Post Number: 36
Registered: 10-2005
| | Posted on Monday, December 5, 2005 - 11:25 pm: | |
 you're probably right! |
eb1154
Citizen
Username: Eb1154
Post Number: 417
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Tuesday, December 6, 2005 - 6:59 am: | |
I can promise you it wasn't a Township plow you saw on Sunday.
Wendy, I do confess, but there is a reason for that. The better plow drivers need to go on the hills. If you don't know what you're doing up there you'll get killed.
Eric |
Jonathan Teixeira
Citizen
Username: Jhntxr
Post Number: 227
Registered: 10-2005
| | Posted on Tuesday, December 6, 2005 - 9:39 pm: | |
EB , why is it that cars that are left overnight on the streets in a snowstorm , are not ticketed . I see it happens a lot on Hilton ave especially. Because when the plows come by , it is impossible to plow the street properly . And then the cars owners would dig their car out and throw all the snow in the middle of the steet.Just like they do in NYC.
Why can't those cars be towed , after 2 am in a snow emergency ?? |
eb1154
Citizen
Username: Eb1154
Post Number: 419
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Wednesday, December 7, 2005 - 8:13 am: | |
Those cars should be given a ticket from the PD. If you see cars on your street between 2 and 6 call the PD. We can't tow unless the state declares a State of Emergency.
We have a major problem with the cars parking on the street in the entire Hilton section. Even though you are allowed to park in the street from 6 a.m. to 2 a.m. you really should keep your car off the street as soon as the snow starts to stick. |
Bob K
Supporter
Username: Bobk
Post Number: 9894
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Wednesday, December 7, 2005 - 8:28 am: | |
Eb, getting ready for Friday?  |
eb1154
Citizen
Username: Eb1154
Post Number: 420
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Thursday, December 8, 2005 - 6:59 pm: | |
We are prepared and ready to go. |
aquaman
Supporter
Username: Aquaman
Post Number: 604
Registered: 8-2001
| | Posted on Thursday, December 8, 2005 - 11:24 pm: | |
Eric,
You and the crew are the best!
Thank you!!!!!!! |
greenetree
Supporter
Username: Greenetree
Post Number: 6249
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Friday, December 9, 2005 - 7:52 am: | |
Eric - please skip Essex. I need a good, guilt-free excuse. |
Meandtheboys
Citizen
Username: Meandtheboys
Post Number: 2317
Registered: 12-2004
| | Posted on Friday, December 9, 2005 - 9:45 am: | |
No plows here yet and now the garbage truck can't make it up the hill! |
Scrotis Lo Knows
Citizen
Username: Scrotisloknows
Post Number: 4
Registered: 10-2005
| | Posted on Monday, December 12, 2005 - 1:17 pm: | |
EB and everyone else-thanks for clarifying the salting/plowing and the justification of which method to use when. I also live in the Hilton section (going on 7 months) and I am equally tired of some people having a complex about "living on the other side of the tracks..." Maybe things were once worst before us NYers arrived, but compared to where I use to live (Brooklyn-a gentrified neighborhood), My family and I now have peace and quiet ( have anyone of you ever tried going to sleep with hip hop blasting out of a parked car right outside your bedroom window at least 3 [late] nights a week?) , decent schools, tough cops and friendly neighbors who actually care what goes on around them. We may also have a smaller abode/property but it comes at a fraction of the taxes that the poor mopes in the center of town are paying!...
According to my realtor, the Hilton Section is where its at and the best value in town right now...
Thats right, cheers baby!Poor me another one! 
Don't fret it Slippy...the force is still with you.... |
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