What constitutes “plowed”? Is one pass down the center of the street considered plowed? Or should the truck clear enough snow for the normal two lanes of traffic to be considered fully plowed? I live on 33rd and we’ve had just one pass down the center…
@1 it looks like most of Richmond (including Church Hill) is still “in progress,” so hopefully they’ll be doing a few more passes! I am really hoping that by “plowed” they don’t just mean plowing over the 2-3 inches of compacted snow on most of the neighborhood streets. I was out and about today with the dog and only roads where I could see pavement were Broad, Marshall, and Chimborazo!
Interesting map; just don’t count on it. Streets around Libby Hill were ‘plowed’ last night and residents woke up to mounds of snow piled up against the cars that they had dug out yesterday,
The intersection of N 29th and E Franklin Streets is particularly interesting. The plowing left a very large mound of snow across the east side rendering the hill impassable.
No, it would have been far better if they’d left the compacted snow on the road instead of piling chunks of ice against in 2′ high walls against our cars. Anyone who had carefully prepared to get out early this morning was screwed. Nice work again, Richmond services!
Snow plows pile snow – that’s how it works. Where else do you think the snow is going to go? Yes you do have to dig your cars out after the plow comes, that’s normal. But why do you think the public owes you a place to store your car in the street anyway?
Richmond is amazingly lax about parking. People’s boats and trailers sit for years on the public’s roadways in this neighborhood. I don’t know of many other cities which would put up with that. Sometimes benign neglect is a good thing.
If you want more plows, more timely plowing, or a better website describing what you could see if you looked out the window, then let’s call for greater taxes to alleviate this bi-annual inconvenience.
I think one of the main issues with plowing is that the guys who drove the city trucks lacked training in where to move the snow to. They seemed to plow it across intersections and leave great mounds of it. They did not move it out of traffics way but across it. It could have been done better to help cars, bikes and walkers.
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What constitutes “plowed”? Is one pass down the center of the street considered plowed? Or should the truck clear enough snow for the normal two lanes of traffic to be considered fully plowed? I live on 33rd and we’ve had just one pass down the center…
@1 it looks like most of Richmond (including Church Hill) is still “in progress,” so hopefully they’ll be doing a few more passes! I am really hoping that by “plowed” they don’t just mean plowing over the 2-3 inches of compacted snow on most of the neighborhood streets. I was out and about today with the dog and only roads where I could see pavement were Broad, Marshall, and Chimborazo!
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I got sprayed today
By anal glad or by plow?
Plow. I think.
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I love how none of the roads are marked in green, supposedly complete
Yea, 33rd has one lanes worth plowed,
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Nothing on S or 34th
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what’s the point if they haven’t updated it since last night?
Leigh St, the widest street in Church Hill, is ridiculous.
Doesn’t really show anything but what they are supposed to plow. and is never up to date.
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Interesting map; just don’t count on it. Streets around Libby Hill were ‘plowed’ last night and residents woke up to mounds of snow piled up against the cars that they had dug out yesterday,
The intersection of N 29th and E Franklin Streets is particularly interesting. The plowing left a very large mound of snow across the east side rendering the hill impassable.
People are not happy.
No, it would have been far better if they’d left the compacted snow on the road instead of piling chunks of ice against in 2′ high walls against our cars. Anyone who had carefully prepared to get out early this morning was screwed. Nice work again, Richmond services!
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@ Jennifer. I agree, I was better off not having the city plow the streets and entomb my car in snow after I had dug it out.
Well bless you all’s hearts.
Snow plows pile snow – that’s how it works. Where else do you think the snow is going to go? Yes you do have to dig your cars out after the plow comes, that’s normal. But why do you think the public owes you a place to store your car in the street anyway?
Richmond is amazingly lax about parking. People’s boats and trailers sit for years on the public’s roadways in this neighborhood. I don’t know of many other cities which would put up with that. Sometimes benign neglect is a good thing.
If you want more plows, more timely plowing, or a better website describing what you could see if you looked out the window, then let’s call for greater taxes to alleviate this bi-annual inconvenience.
Why is it taking so long to plow these streets
I think one of the main issues with plowing is that the guys who drove the city trucks lacked training in where to move the snow to. They seemed to plow it across intersections and leave great mounds of it. They did not move it out of traffics way but across it. It could have been done better to help cars, bikes and walkers.