Chenango County battles to clear roads following the storm
Many area residents found themselves digging away more than a foot of snow after Wednesday's snow storm. Above home owners in Coventry work to clear their sidewalk. (Submitted photo)
CHENANGO COUNTY – With some areas of Chenango County receiving 40 inches of snow, road crews continue to battle against Wednesday night’s storm as the travel advisory is lifted and individuals return to work.
According to Chenango County Emergency Operations Manager A Wesley Jones, while reports vary on snow accumulation, according to the US National Weather Service in Binghamton, areas including Greene and Smithville received more than three feet, Afton, Bainbridge, Coventry, Guilford, Oxford, and Norwich were between two and three feet, and North Norwich and Sherburne were just below two feet.
Jones said with so much snow in such a short amount of time, officials made the call to ban travel because the roads weren’t in safe driving conditions on Thursday.
“The amount of snow that fell in such a short period of time is pretty unprecedented, the most recent storm that we had was in March of 2017 where we got similar amounts,” said Jones. “That storm fell over a longer period of time, and we had anticipated getting a large amount of snow so it wasn’t shocking like this one was.”
“It was a difficult decision to make because we didn’t want to shut anything down, but it just wasn’t safe yesterday morning.”
Jones said he met with Chenango County Fire Bureau Coordinator Matthew Beckwith, and the two reached out to the city, village, and town department of public works to determine if a travel ban was necessary. He said after gathering that information the two made a proposal to Chenango County Board of Supervisors Chairman Lawrence Wilcox to issue the travel ban.
“Basically anyone who was involved in snow removal or an essential service like public safety and healthcare was allowed to travel if needed,” he added. “We did have a lot of cars off of the road or stuck, but fortunately there weren't a tremendous amount of vehicle on vehicle accidents.”
“Today is a cleanup day, in the city they’re trying to move snow that’s piled up, outside of the city you’re going to see crews pushing back the snow and opening things up even more.”
Jones said the travel ban was turned into a travel advisory Thursday night, and the advisory was lifted at 6 a.m. on Friday morning.
“Basically yesterday the priority was getting roads so they were passable, and today the goal is to get the roads safe,” said Jones. “We’re glad that most people heeded our warnings, and hopefully as road crews continue to clean up the roads we won’t have any major issues today.”
Those who are interested in the latest updates and road conditions in Chenango County may call (607) 336-TOGO (8646) for additional information.
According to Chenango County Emergency Operations Manager A Wesley Jones, while reports vary on snow accumulation, according to the US National Weather Service in Binghamton, areas including Greene and Smithville received more than three feet, Afton, Bainbridge, Coventry, Guilford, Oxford, and Norwich were between two and three feet, and North Norwich and Sherburne were just below two feet.
Jones said with so much snow in such a short amount of time, officials made the call to ban travel because the roads weren’t in safe driving conditions on Thursday.
“The amount of snow that fell in such a short period of time is pretty unprecedented, the most recent storm that we had was in March of 2017 where we got similar amounts,” said Jones. “That storm fell over a longer period of time, and we had anticipated getting a large amount of snow so it wasn’t shocking like this one was.”
“It was a difficult decision to make because we didn’t want to shut anything down, but it just wasn’t safe yesterday morning.”
Jones said he met with Chenango County Fire Bureau Coordinator Matthew Beckwith, and the two reached out to the city, village, and town department of public works to determine if a travel ban was necessary. He said after gathering that information the two made a proposal to Chenango County Board of Supervisors Chairman Lawrence Wilcox to issue the travel ban.
“Basically anyone who was involved in snow removal or an essential service like public safety and healthcare was allowed to travel if needed,” he added. “We did have a lot of cars off of the road or stuck, but fortunately there weren't a tremendous amount of vehicle on vehicle accidents.”
“Today is a cleanup day, in the city they’re trying to move snow that’s piled up, outside of the city you’re going to see crews pushing back the snow and opening things up even more.”
Jones said the travel ban was turned into a travel advisory Thursday night, and the advisory was lifted at 6 a.m. on Friday morning.
“Basically yesterday the priority was getting roads so they were passable, and today the goal is to get the roads safe,” said Jones. “We’re glad that most people heeded our warnings, and hopefully as road crews continue to clean up the roads we won’t have any major issues today.”
Those who are interested in the latest updates and road conditions in Chenango County may call (607) 336-TOGO (8646) for additional information.
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