Poll: Rate Monmouth County's Snow Response
How is your town responding to the first snow of the year?
Monmouth County hasn't seen snow since October. Now that the first snow of 2012 has fallen, Patch wants to know if you're happy with how your roads are looking.
How has your town's Public Works Department responded to the snowfall on your street? When did you first see a plow come through your neighborhood?
Let us know in the comments and take our poll.
rosemary sternbach
12:28 pm on Saturday, January 21, 2012
I live on Rumson Place in Little Silver....and we had plows in here early in the morning...!!!
Richard
5:32 pm on Saturday, January 21, 2012
Freehold Borough was plowed and cleaned when we woke. Great Job!
Susan
6:38 pm on Saturday, January 21, 2012
I woke up to a nice, plowed street this morning in Freehold Township. Many thanks!
Joseph Occhipinti
8:18 pm on Saturday, January 21, 2012
As for Manalapan, there wasn't one snow removal truck in our development (Tenent Manor Estates. If it was NYC, there would have been an outrage and they don't pay anywhere the taxes we have. I am not surprised with the present administration in Manalapan.
Michael C
10:29 pm on Saturday, January 21, 2012
Yet again the Leonardo section of Middletown was treated like the "bastard child" of Middletown. Thanks guys!!!! My tax dollars hard at work!!!!!
kevin
11:08 pm on Saturday, January 21, 2012
i live in middletown , 1) where is the curb to curb plowing , i see some areas that have the curb to curb service 2) there is solid sheets of ice on the township rds (stephanie rd & ravatt rd , as always) dump the sand or salt before a fatal happens
Joanie Mickelsen Conti
11:20 pm on Saturday, January 21, 2012
I live in point o woods, howell. I removed my basketball hoop and put my cars in the driveway, as we were warned and ticketed last year ....NOT ONE PLOW OR SALT TRUCK ...the snow is now packed down and very dangerous , not one truck
Carol
7:37 am on Sunday, January 22, 2012
As per town, Manalapan did a geat job. I had to travel 537 from Freehold to Burlington County late yesterday afternoon. Monmouth County part of 537 was like it never snowed, entered the Ocean County part and I don't think they plowed. There were tracks where people had traveled that were clear, but the middle was snow mixed with ice and this continued into Burlington County, where it appears that they couldn't even plow the intersections. A great job to the Monmouth County Hwy Dept! Wake up Ocean and Burlington Counties!
C Lou
8:12 am on Sunday, January 22, 2012
Horrible. I live in Freehold Twp. and a plow came in and swept the street once. No salt, no sand. They must be saving that for the Town Council and police chief's streets. The plow came down the middle of the road, leaving about 2 to 3 feet of snow from the curb on both sides. It looks like a job a kid would do. Since they showed up once while it was still snowing and never came back to clean more, it is now a sheet of ice and frozen clumps of slush. So I get to drive my daughter to work shortly and see if I either slam into one of my neighbors parked cars or get a flat tire. I'll bet the public official's streets are pristine.
C Lou
8:15 am on Sunday, January 22, 2012
BTW, I noticed in Marlboro on Friday night plow trucks were pre-treating the roads. All of Ryan Rd. up to Rte. 9 was treated. No such service like that in Freehold Twp. EVER.
m ramachandran
8:26 am on Sunday, January 22, 2012
Ever since I moved in Woodland Estates all the 'benfits' I receive are increased taxes. Being the last street in the development the street never gets plowed. Never. Really never !
Helena Kojac Yaeger
9:08 am on Sunday, January 22, 2012
County and State Road were pre treated with Brine...small towns do not own a Brine truck to pre treat...we can only salt, sand and plow....Our guys still do an amazing job getting the fluff off the roads...we really have nothing to complain about...Great job Parks and Recreation and DPW crews at Freehold Twp.!!!
Jerry
9:52 am on Sunday, January 22, 2012
Like Mr. Occhipinti, my block in Manalapan was never plowed. The street is now a sheet of ice. Unlike Mr. Occhipinti however, I don't choose to politicize everything in town. That approach is the exact reason why the lone democratic member of the township coucil is now a former member.
Michael H Feldlef
10:00 am on Sunday, January 22, 2012
Forest hills estates never plowed sheet of ice
Suzanne Niro
10:58 am on Sunday, January 22, 2012
Come on Holmdel! Cleared my street (not a small side street might I add) at 4:00 PM?????? Very disappointed.
Rick Padula
11:54 am on Sunday, January 22, 2012
Plenty of, what I assume are contractor plows, up and down the street. They are costing the taxpayer much and accomplishing nothing.
carly
11:55 am on Sunday, January 22, 2012
i live in freehold twonship condos my parking lots is not plowed or treated with salt-its one BIG FAT BLOCK OF DANGEROUS ICE and they want to rise my rent hahaha not going to happen do ur jobs monmouth county
C Lou
1:04 pm on Sunday, January 22, 2012
Seems like there's always problems in Freehold Twp. Pathetic they can't clear 2 inches of snow. Every storm Freehold Boro does a much better job and they have alot more traffic and parked cars to deal with. Shame on Freehold Twp. (again).
Bodegero
2:30 pm on Sunday, January 22, 2012
Keyport DPW was on top of it from the get go. No probs on this minor one.
Sandy
5:30 pm on Sunday, January 22, 2012
Little Silver DPW did a fantastic job, as usual--thanks guys! Our town (Little Silver) always has the best plowed roads in the area.
Sandy
Carol
5:51 pm on Sunday, January 22, 2012
Aren't the condo communities like Point O Woods and Raintree, etc......private contractors?
Theresa Rago
6:10 pm on Sunday, January 22, 2012
Manalapan developments have not been plowed at all!!! The roads are like ice skating rinks.
Angela Goldberg
7:33 pm on Sunday, January 22, 2012
I live on Johnny Drive in Howell. Our street was never plowed as of Sunday night. And what was even worse was that all of Howell Township rec sports programs were not delayed or cancelled on Saturday. It was very hazardous driving around with our children Saturday morning on all of the local roadways. Never saw a snow plow all the way up until 2pm.
Gary Gertz
11:42 pm on Sunday, January 22, 2012
Monmouth Heights in Manalapan has not been plowed - Checked with the township @ 3:00 and 5:00 and was told the trucks are out. This is ridiculous.
Jerry
12:53 am on Monday, January 23, 2012
It's apparent that the approach in Manalapan is that the ice will melt eventually so why waste resources and money removing it. I have not come across one development in Manalapan that has been plowed. An email to the residents informing us of what is (not) going on would have been nice. Just a general bad job all around on getting this done.
Jason Z.
8:30 am on Monday, January 23, 2012
The Rockefeller Estates section of Wall Township was never plowed/salted and was dangerously icy all day Saturday and Sunday. One truck came through in the early morning hours on Saturday and left a faint coating of sand, which was quickly covered by snow and ice. The end of Frances Drive, where it intersects with Brighton Avenue, is a well-known hazard yet remains a sheet of ice, with many vehicles sliding uncontrolably into traffic. Very poor response to our 1st "snowstorm".
Mike
10:56 am on Monday, January 23, 2012
In Monmouth Heights Sunday, Taylor Mills was ok and Maxwell was semi-ok. My street was "plowed" (still pretty much slush covered) Monday morning while we were waiting for the school bus which kind of surprised me as I had assumed, since the snow was so light, that they were skipping it. I've lived here over 11 years and noticed a big decline in snow removal last year -- barely a path cleared down the middle of the road in lieu of curb to curb clearing (though, granted, that was for the two big storms).
crazy lady
4:03 pm on Monday, January 23, 2012
Wall twp sucked as usual! County roads and state roads especially since they brined the night before.