With the National Weather Service predicting up to eight to 12 inches of snow to fall overnight Wednesday through Thursday, a snow emergency has been declared by the Greenwich Board of Selectmen.
Acting as the Town’s Traffic Authority, the Board has enacted the emergency that will prohibit on-street parking on designated snow emergency routes beginning 6 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 8. The parking ban, which will enable Department of Public Works crews and its contractors, to effectively remove the snow.
Residents are advised to park their vehicles in their driveways or in their yards. As a last resort, residents also may use municipal parking lots to park their vehicles, according to Department of Public Works Commissioner Amy Siebert.
The snow emergency will remain in effect until the Board of Selectmen removes the snow emergency.
Greenwich Town Hall will be open for regular business hours, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 9. However, the Board of Selectmen has postponed its meeting this week until 10:30 a.m. Friday, Feb. 10. It will be held in the Town Hall Meeting Room.
The National Weather Service has issued a Winter Storm Warning with heavy, wet snow expected to begin falling late Wednesday night (Feb. 8), continuing through Thursday morning and afternoon (Feb. 9). Near blizzard-like conditions also can be expected with coastal wind gusts of 25 to 35 mph.
“We have the snow crews, the equipment in place with salt and sand at the ready to tackle the season’s first major storm,” said Greenwich First Selectman Peter J. Tesei. “We are good to go.”
The Town ordinance requires Greenwich property owners be responsible for keeping all sidewalks along their property clear of snow and ice.
The Town of Greenwich prohibits plow contractors from pushing snow from driveways or parking lots onto Town streets. This practice is dangerous and impedes the Town’s snow removal efforts. If there is no other alternative to pushing snow into the street, the private plow driver must plow off the windrow left across the street by re-plowing until the road is safe.
A complete list of snow emergency routes can be found below.
For media inquiries, contact Barbara Heins, Executive Assistant to the First Selectman, at barbara.heins@greenwichct.org.
SNOW EMERGENCY STREETS
CENTRAL GREENWICH
Amogerone Crossway
Arch Street
Benedict Place
Bolling Place
Brookside Drive
Bruce Park Avenue
Bruce Place
Church Street
Connecticut Avenue
Davis Avenue
East Elm Street
East Putnam Avenue (Maple Ave. to Library)
Fawcett Place
Field Point Road
Greenwich Avenue
Grigg Street
Havemeyer Place
Hillside Road
Horseneck Lane
Hunter Place
Lafayette Place
Lake Avenue
Lawrence Street
LeGrande Avenue
Lenox Drive
Lewis Street
Lexington Avenue
Locust Street
Maher Avenue
Maple Avenue
Mason Street
Milbank Avenue
Perryridge Road
Railroad Avenue
Ridge Street
Sherwood Place
Shore Road
Sound View Drive
Steamboat Road
West Elm Street
West Putnam Avenue
William Street
BYRAM
Beech Street
Byram road
Cedar Street
Chestnut Street
Church Street West
Delavan Avenue
Division Street West
Hervey Street
Kirby Street
Mead Street
Mill Street
North Water Street
Oak Street
Pine Street
Richland Road
South Water Street
Spruce Street
Western Junior Highway
William Street West
CHICKAHOMINY
Hamilton Avenue, Old Field Point Road, Saint Roch’s Avenue
PEMBERWICK
Comly Avenue
Pemberwick Road
Moshier Street
GLENVILLE
Glenville Road/Street from Glenridge Road to Pemberwick Road
Riversville Road from Glenville Road, north to entrance to Glenville School
COS COB
Bible Street
East Putnam Avenue (Field Rd. to Diamond Hill)
Loughlin Avenue
Orchard Street
Relay Place
River Road
River Road Extension
Sinawoy Road
Strickland Road
Suburban Avenue
Valley Road
RIVERSIDE AND MIANUS
Hendrie Avenue
North Sound Beach Avenue
Valley Road
OLD GREENWICH
Arcadia Road
Lockwood Avenue
Sound Beach Avenue
West End Avenue
OTHER AREAS
As otherwise identified by the Board of Selectmen of the Town of Greenwich as the Town Traffic Authority.
