City begins clean-up after yesterday’s Nor’Easter
NORWICH – An unseasonably late winter storm blew into Norwich Sunday night, dropping several inches of wet, heavy snow and causing tree limbs and power lines to come down in many areas of the city by Monday. Today, the city Department of Public Works will continue working to clean up the damage left by the storm.
According to DPW Superintendent Carl Ivarson, the snow caused several large trees and tree limbs to come down. He explained that yesterday, the DPW’s biggest concern was clearing the roads to ensure traffic could get through. Ivarson said DPW employees were out plowing roads by 4 a.m. Monday. “The guys are doing a fantastic job,” the DPW chief said.
According to Ivarson, today, crews will begin to pick up the debris left behind by the falling trees and power lines. The debris was pushed out of the way yesterday, but today the real clean-up will begin.
Yesterday, falling tree limbs caused an early morning power outage that affected a large portion of the City of Norwich, including the pumps leading to some wells and filters for the city’s water. City residents were asked to conserve water until the problem was addressed. Ivarson said the need to conserve water has passed. “The power is back on to the wells and filters,” he said. “The most important thing is that the wastewater plant is still running,” Ivarson said.
Mayor Joseph Maiurano commended the different city departments for working together to deal with the problems brought on by the storm. “Earlier we had trees down and wires,” said Maiurano, “but NYSEG and the DPW, the police department and the fire department worked well together to address the problem.”
Maiurano declared a State of Emergency in the City of Norwich yesterday from 9:30 a.m. until 3 p.m. “We may have overreacted a little, but better safe than sorry,” he said.
The mayor said the storm may have been a blessing in disguise, explaining that the cold bout of weather would cause a break in the runoff of melting snow and may mean less flooding in the long run.
“The snow will be gone in two or three days,” Maiurano said. “People just need to bear with it for now.”
According to DPW Superintendent Carl Ivarson, the snow caused several large trees and tree limbs to come down. He explained that yesterday, the DPW’s biggest concern was clearing the roads to ensure traffic could get through. Ivarson said DPW employees were out plowing roads by 4 a.m. Monday. “The guys are doing a fantastic job,” the DPW chief said.
According to Ivarson, today, crews will begin to pick up the debris left behind by the falling trees and power lines. The debris was pushed out of the way yesterday, but today the real clean-up will begin.
Yesterday, falling tree limbs caused an early morning power outage that affected a large portion of the City of Norwich, including the pumps leading to some wells and filters for the city’s water. City residents were asked to conserve water until the problem was addressed. Ivarson said the need to conserve water has passed. “The power is back on to the wells and filters,” he said. “The most important thing is that the wastewater plant is still running,” Ivarson said.
Mayor Joseph Maiurano commended the different city departments for working together to deal with the problems brought on by the storm. “Earlier we had trees down and wires,” said Maiurano, “but NYSEG and the DPW, the police department and the fire department worked well together to address the problem.”
Maiurano declared a State of Emergency in the City of Norwich yesterday from 9:30 a.m. until 3 p.m. “We may have overreacted a little, but better safe than sorry,” he said.
The mayor said the storm may have been a blessing in disguise, explaining that the cold bout of weather would cause a break in the runoff of melting snow and may mean less flooding in the long run.
“The snow will be gone in two or three days,” Maiurano said. “People just need to bear with it for now.”
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