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1/16/18: WHY were Salem residents NOT notified till 9pm Tuesday evening re the decision to institute a parking ban for 7am Wed morning?! Inconvenient to say the least.
Let alone, WHY, at all, is there even a parking ban for only 1-3" of snow?! That has NEVER been the case for such a minimal amount of snow.in this city!. And, it's changing over to rain.
Schools are not closed. And, parking is allowable on downtown streets for businesses -- plus plowing will still be done there.
Why are residents inconvenienced? Certainly this has not been handled this way before.
A poor decision.
But perhaps it is based in collecting $ for the city, via the garages.
Guess that's the new hip hub philosophy.
Stick it to the residents.
For this fiasco of a decision, all residents should receive free garage parking for this so-called snow emergency.
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CindyJohnson (Registered User)
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CB (Registered User)
Even the temps were up. And, the streets never needed plowing.
It was never predicted at more than 4" for our area.
Whether 1-3" or 2-4", this kind of a call has never been the norm in Salem. Since when is parking banned for such small amounts of snowfall?
If it's up to a 6" snow prediction, then the parking ban is usually put in place.
This was a totally unnecessary, inconvenient, & ill-made decision.
The $ sign lead the way.
Reopened anon (Registered User)
Although I agree that the city really messed up on this one, I have cut and pasted the passage about parking bans directly from the city's website:
The City of Salem implements a snow emergency when it is predicted that we are to receive two inches or more of snow accumulation.
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