Those who decided to stay in their homes in Montgomery County this weekend had much to deal with due to the blizzard. In order to clean the roads more efficiently the Montgomery County’s Department of Transportation (MCDOT) has increased the amount of snow removal equipment being used on the streets. If you are considering venturing from your Maryland home today, officials have reported plows have cleaned off all primary roads. The Montgomery County Department of Transportation will continue to plow and treat all roads with salt and sand; also the plowing of neighborhood streets is scheduled to begin today. The Current plans for MCDOT is to make one plow pass initially and than have snow removal crews return later to continue plowing and removing all the snow. One of the reasons that snow removal is so high on the County’s agenda is due to the next snow storm, predicted to begin on Tuesday February 9th.
If you want to get out of your house but have no car transportation, you should know that The Montgomery County Ride on Buses today Monday February 8th, 2010 will be operating on an S-service Plan. So if you are going to be using the bus services today expect some delays. Those of you with automobiles should be informed that the parking enforcements in public garages and lots will continue to be suspended. The county is urging residents to use this free parking rather than park on the streets obstructing the snowplows from doing their job. At the current time in some areas the snowplows have left snow piles that stand 10 to 12 feet, which has resulted in visibility problems for both pedestrians and motorists alike.
These are just some of the changes that the county has made in order to cope with the blizzard of 2010. The County actually had to open up additional shelters for its residents who were affected by power outages. These two additional shelters are located at Margaret Schweinhaut Senior Center, 1000 Forest Glen Road in Silver Spring, and at the Longwood Recreation Center, 19300 Georgia Avenue in Brookeville. There was also a shelter opened up at the Richard Montgomery High School located at 250 Richard Montgomery Drive in Rockville.
