Director of Public Works Maurice McCarthy joined calls from Mayor John Harkins for people in Stratford to keep parked cars off the streets whenever possible during and up to a day after a snow storm.
For cars that cannot be parked off of town streets during snow events Stratford instructs that they be parked only on the odd side of the street on odd-numbered calendar days, and only on the even side of the street on even days.
This is to allow plows to clear the streets efficiently.
When cars are on both side of the street and start to get plowed in, narrowing the street even more, it not only makes it difficult to clear the streets efficiently but it can make it difficult for fire trucks to pass through.
If people are not compelled to abide by the parking plan for their own benefit, McCarthy said they ought to realize that “It is unfair to neighbors” to leave cars on both sides of the street during a storm.
This Town snow plow was having trouble getting through Jackson Street during the Feb. 13 storm and accidentally hit the red car here at left. It is against town ordinance to have cars parked on both sides of the street during snow storms. Greg Reilly photo.