Front loader visits South Dallas Street
Four days after the snow stopped, the 500 block of South Dallas Street in Fells Point got a welcome Sunday visit from a front loader and a big dump truck. Free at Last!
BEFORE: AFTER:
But the folks in the 2400 Block of Everton Drive in Mount Washington woke up to find an eight foot pile of snow at the entrance to their street. Area resident Bob Byrnes tells the tale:
"Whoever was cleaning the main and sidestreets decided to use the entrance of the street to dump the snow. The 8-foot pile is impassable and makes access to the street by an emergency vehicle impossible. A city 311 operator was called about 8 a.m., but two hours later, nothing has happened. No other street in the Mt. Washington neighborhood appears to have been plowed in. The city contractors appear to have done an exemplary job everywhere but at the corner of Everton."
Anyone know if this blockade has been cleared?
Comments
Yes, the Everton blockade was cleared sometime Sunday. This scenario played out on several MtWash streets -- snow would be bulldozed to one end, then ultimately loaded into dumptrucks. In the end, it was an incredible job moving snow. But for awhile, one end of a street would be totally impassable.I don't believe they ever did it to both ends of a street however. I found it interesting that this was done on small MtWash sidestreets and not, say, on Northern Parkway or Charles Street, which still have one lane closed off by plowed snow. If it isn't cleared up by Tuesday am, the first day back to work and school (for a lot of people), traffic in that area will be horrible.
Posted by: WildBillFan | February 14, 2010 7:00 PM
I live in the 1600 blk of Darley Avenue, just off Harford Road, which is a street that probably is much more traveled than the 500 blk of Dallas Street. I've called 311 several times, sent in electronic requests, and have confirmation numbers but we still have not seen a salt truck or a plow. My daughter is an employee of Baltimore City and is considered essential personnel since she works for the Water Dept. She was parking on a lot around the corner from our house, only to go out one morning and her truck had been towed. Of course she had to pay to get her car released, lost a day's pay, and is still trying to locate a safe parking place. We need some help too.
Posted by: Mary M. Thomas | February 17, 2010 10:36 AM
I hope next year we wont see this much snow in Baltimore. It took weeks for someone to clean our area. We could not even find a spot to put out the trash.
Posted by: melissa | November 18, 2010 2:55 PM