Driveway Clearing Tips

Homeowner driveways and parking lot entrances take the brunt of snow pile-up once a plow truck has serviced a road. This is an unfortunate and unintentional result of street snow plowing. Please note, home owners are responsible for clearing the end of their own driveway.

The following suggestions are intended to make your driveway snow removal easier and safer:

• Do NOT shovel, blow, or plow snow from your driveway into or across the road. It is a violation of Town Ordinances to push snow into the street, and you may be held liable if this snow causes an accident. Remember, you are also responsible for the actions of your contractor!
• Do NOT allow children to play on snow banks along the side of the road.
• Before final clean-up of your driveway, check the road. If it does not appear to be widened out, a plow will most likely be returning to plow again and may push snow back into the entrance of your driveway. Doing this might keep you from clearing your driveway more than once. It is worth noting that depending on the forecast shoveling may be best done in stages.

Finally, please have patience. Snow plowing is a time consuming and arduous job covering approximately 46 miles of roads in Town. Some residents will have their roads plowed first and some will be last, but at the end all town roads will be cleared.

If you have any questions, please feel free to call the Highway Department's administrative office at (845) 351-4421.