By Kim Kalunian, WPRO News
Providence Emergency Management Agency (EMA) Director, Peter Gaynor, told Gene Valicenti on the WPRO Morning News Monday that their goal was to make the city streets passible and ensure that people could get out of their driveways.
"it's been a long couple of days but we made some significant headway last night," he said.
Gaynor said the blizzard-like conditions Friday night presented a challenge to snow plow crews, and delayed their progress on clearing streets.
"This was a pretty unique snowstorm," he said. "I think the amount of snow, the rate it fell — it was pretty fast so we had a pretty good time trying to keep up on the main roads, and I think that put us a little behind on secondary roads."
Gaynor said that all roads in the city should be passible, but crews are still out in the city working now to improve roadway conditions. He encourages those who live near storm drains or fire hydrants to dig them out, especially since rain is forecast for today.
The city is also working to remove large snow banks from the sides of roads. It is no longer permissible to dump snow into the water, said Gaynor, so the larger drifts will have to be moved to a remote area.
