Resident Response to Snow Cleanup Mixed

In over 50 comments on Facebook, Springfield residents had mixed feelings about the township's response to the weekend snowstorm.

Springfield Ziad Shehady asked residents to rate the township's snow-clearing efforts from one-10. The overall response indicated that people feel the township's main thoroughfares, such as Morris and Meisel Ave., were cleared adaquately, but that the a number of neighborhood roads were shorted in terms of salt and plowing.

A number of residents said that the "top" neighborhood of Springfield, , was quickly cleared. Residents pointed to Wabeno and Linden aves as places seeming particularly in need of snow removal. One resident singled out Battle Hill Ave., Riverside Drive and Joanne Way as streets seemingly neglected by the town. Other posters echoed the concern about Joanne Way.

Besides singling out particular streets, residents believe that not enough salt was used on roads throughout the township. 

Shehady said that he brought the complaints to Public Works staff. Public works employees said that the circumstances of the storm made snow clearing more complicated. 

"The lack of sun did not help since it is needed for the salt to be effective and that three inches of snow is right in the middle of the threshold for heavy-duty plowing to avoid tearing up the roads unnecessarily," Shehady wrote on Facebook. "I was reassured that they will take all of the constructive criticism into consideration and make every effort to tackle these problems so that it does not happen again."