Springfield (WGGB) – Two days after the snowfall, some Springfield streets still haven’t been cleared.
Contractor Brian Dargie expressed his frustrations “For lack of a better term, they’ve been left to die. They’re going around for the 15th time doing the main arteries & not pushing any snow off the streets while they’re streets that haven’t been hit even one time yet.”
Near Main & Adams Streets folks are just trying to chip away at the snow on their block.
Susan Mccarthy suggests has a suggestion “I’m hoping they’ll bring a truck in & just remove snow, that would be smart.”
Over on Belmont Place, Dalia Perez says neighbors are concerned about their safety. ”It’s dangerous. For the cars & the people that live here. Because they’re trying to get their cars in & it’s a hassle. & there’s really nothing we could do you know? We have to shovel ourselves out sometimes.”
3-1-1 says they’ve been busy all day fielding those plow requests to the DPW. Donna carney, 3-1-1 director says “We have not seen anything like this. But as the mayor quoted, be patient. We are aware, we’re documenting.”
Not usually open on a Sunday, Carney says the storm’s magnitude forced operators at the city’s 3-1-1 call center back into the office.
She says they took over 800 requests by the time they closed at 5.
Be patient, they will come.
Typical Springfield
Keeping it classy Springfield, keeping it classy.
Whose job is it to clear out the bus stops?
Waaaaah I need to get to Starbucks to order my soy latte mocha chai tall and than get to banana republic for the big sale
Frustration meaning i was about to beat a fellow motorist to a pulp?? Then Yes!
WAH WAH WAH ..GRAB A DAMN SHOVEL AND STOP WHINING!
We are going threw the same thing in Hartford CT.
very sad, two days and no plowing!!
Maybe MGM will bring a fleet of snowplows to the city too.
its not a matter of getting a coffee its about getting to work
lol, Nate
What’s it all about ? There must be money to plow in the budget.. Not like we have had a bad winter so far??.. Not that I live in Springfield but I DO work there. To see unplowed streets on my way in to work seemed unacceptable.
I wanted to read this article, but I was so poorly written that I was unable to. Another great job, wggb.
Now school cancelled…..I still cant believe how many ppl streets are still not done……
People sure do complain a lot…Be happy your not some starving child in africa with no future…jesus!
Well, more winter mix to top all of this nonsense off. Get those streets clear, before its a serious mess. Smh at Spfld Public Works.
And they posted a phone number you can call to report your street, except the number has been busy for over 2 hours….way to go Springfield. Swallow your pride and ask for help from, oh, I don’t know…east Longmeadow who has CLEARED all their streets!!!
It’s not just Springfield. I know of several other cities and towns who have the same problem. Be patient they will come and plow. Plus stop complaining I them taking a break. When we work we take a break. It’s a LAW to take one
That’s a lot of snow on tons of city streets that are heavily populated with homes… They have to find places to move it all to & they also had to by law take a break & after a certain numbers of hours driving. They’ll get it done, patience… Bring them out a cup of coffee or say thank you.
Call me crazy but I would say we have a lot to be thankful for if this is the biggest worry right now… We could be without power, heat, or food. If you need to be somewhere that bad grab a shovel. I know lots of people who have done it.
Spring is just around the corner.
they knew this was coming, they should have gotten help from states that got less… didnt the state sue the electric company for not being prepared and leaving people in the cold?
Be patient?! Some side streets haven’t even been touched once. This poor people! Mine finally got done at 2 this morning.
Some of the commentators need to chill. People cannot go out and shovel a street for heaven’s sake! Some people might be sick, may need to visit an ER or may work in a hospital. Someone might have a job interview or someone may need to take their sick infant out to calm them down. It is easy to sit, read this when your own street is plowed and ask everyone else to be patient or comment on how lazy they are. I think we all need to chill, help our neighbors whenever we can and hold our leaders accountable. Everyone understands that it may take some time to plow all the streets, but 2 days later is uncalled for.
Reallly?? Less than 48 hours and they feel like they were left to die? I guess they just didn’t stock up on bread and milk.
Lots of snow. Patience for the human beings that are plowing. They need a break too.
Tacoma just got plowed yahoo 24 hours later from our st that got done
Well I have read all the comments and some of us can’t calmn down and be patiant. Over 36 hrs later we are still buried in snow and our street is still unpassable. What is the city of springfield doing all I am hearing is 1 eccuse after another while we suffer. All we want to do is get out of our street and right now we have a wall of snow about 8 – 10 ft tall in the middle of our street. Here is a riddle “How do you remove a wall of ice from the middle of the street?” This is what what will be happening tomarrow.
Please people proof read your own comments before you post it!