UPDATE (11:30 a.m. Saturday) - Although Port Chester village DPW crews have worked around-the-clock to clear local roads from the snow storm that slammed the village on Friday, Village Manager Christopher Steers said residents are urged to stay off the roads because of snowy and icy conditions.
Port Chester Mayor Dennis Pilla said the village was hit with 18 inches of snow, and although local roads are passable, he noted that windy conditions expected today will likely create drifting snow that would affect the roads.
"The best thing for people to do today is stay inside and enjoy the warmth of their homes," Pilla said.
Port Chester code enforcement officers were in the field starting a 6:30 a.m. to check with damage around the village, but Steers said nothing significant was discovered. The code enforcement officers are traveling throughout the village today advising residents not to put snow cleared from cars or sidewalks and driveways into the street. Steers said Port Chester Police are also advising residents not to put shoveled snow into the streets.
Steers said Port Chester police, fire and emergency medical personnel all reported there were no significant incidents or calls for assistance during the storm that lasted until early this morning. Con Edison reports there are no power outages in Port Chester.
Pilla said that DPW workers, in addition to clearing roads, have been using a variety of equipment to clear key sidewalks and park areas. Pilla noted that in e-mails he has received from village residents this morning he has not received any complaints in connection with snow removal from streets.
"I'm proud of the workforce we have in the Village of Port Chester," Pilla said of the workers involved in the emergency efforts.
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As Port Chester residents awoke this morning, the found more than a foot of snow on the ground — but their lights were still on.
Con Edison reports there are no power outages in the village, and there are no power outages at all in Westchester County.
Westchester County's Bee-Line buses have resumed operations, although delays can be expected because of the snow. Metro-North trains are back in operation on the Hudson and Harlem lines, but the railroad says service is still suspended on the New Haven Line this morning because of conditions created by the storm that started Friday afternoon and continued through the night.
Someone dropped the ball. Was it the head of DPW? or was it the Village Manager who hires these people? Either way, We have someone whos incompetent at the wheel.. And someone has to come up with better answers for this. Where is GOLDIE when we need her???
Dennis Pilla and Chris Steers should stop making excuses about whether brine should have or should not have been used or that all of a sudden they are realizing that the have poor equipment to deal with the storm. They did ok in the past with the same equipment. What does this mean now, they need to buy new equipment and then our taxes will go up?!? Use what you have correctly or instead have someone in charge that knows how to use it. Someone should send the former Village Manager, Chris Russo, pictures of the streets in Port Chester and tell him that's what you get when you make the gargage mechanic your General Foreman.
But no. Intrenched and dysfunctional! How many feel that you r stuck in Poor Chester? Cant move unless you give your house away. Highest taxes around what r we paying for. The property owners / home owner cannot be expected to fund everything that goes on in this town into the future. That worked in the 50 s,60 s, 70 s this system is archaic now and needs to be address. Home owners do not have bottomless deep pockets.
The reality is that when it snowed. And it snowed a lot. The town did a very poor job in getting the town back on its feet. For the people and the businesses. We rely on clean roads. I have a simple question for you. And i would like you to answer this honestly. Do you think PC did a good job in getting the snow off the streets and side roads along with the parking lots? if they did do a good job. Why so many complaints above and other people who i come into contact with in PC? And if your so called "GOOD PERSON" did do a good job. Why are the surrounding Towns in better shape than us? Greenwich, Rye Brook, Rye, Harrison all were fine. Look im not here to shout and scream. But if you do a poor job you should hear about it. and the Department Head of DPW did a poor job. you cant dispute that. maybe by the next storm he can get his act together or maybe instead of being a "GOOD PERSON" he can turn into a "MEAN PERSON" and get our roads clean for the residence of PC and the businesses.
oh, oh look I just saw a plow truck go by with it's plow down at 11:37am they must be listening
Have you read all the comments left on this page? every single post is a negative post on the current clean up.