Camden County Prepares For Winter Storm: Officials

Camden County is preparing for a winter storm set to strike the region on Wednesday, county officials announced.

“As soon as soon as there’s winter weather in the forecast, our CCDPW crews start checking the plows and loading the salt trucks in preparation,” Freeholder Susan Shin Angulo, liaison to the Camden County Department of Public Works said. “Even though we aren’t expecting the first snowflakes to fall until tomorrow morning, our crews have been hard at work to keep traffic moving in Camden County.”

A storm could drop 3-4 inches of snow on the region between 8 a.m. and 11 a.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 20. Snow is expected to be dense and plowable, falling at a consistent rate before transitioning to sleet and ice pellets between 3 p.m. and 6 p.m. A shift to freezing rain is expected sometime later in the evening and temperatures are expected to rise back above freezing between 8 p.m. and 11 p.m.

At the public works complex in Lindenwold, more than 100 pieces of equipment are available to keep county roadways passable.

When the weather becomes treacherous, personnel will be dispatched to 12 winter maintenance districts to salt and plow 1,200 lane miles of roadways across Camden County. The county’s response plan calls for crews to be dispatched only to the zones where they are needed.

“If you don’t have to travel, please stay off the roads to give our crews the ability to effectively do their job. Anyone on the roadways during the storm should be prepared to encounter slick road conditions. Always leave at least six car lengths behind our DPW vehicles while they work, and move any cars off the street and into a driveway while we continue our operations,” Shin Angulo said. “Remember that it is illegal in New Jersey to plow or shovel snow from private property into roadways.”

In the event that the weather causes isolated power outages, residents are advised to immediately call their utility company so they can identify the location and coordinate crews to restore power. Any storm has the potential to bring down trees and power lines, so residents need to be extra cognizant of any power failures. Below are numbers and contact info for the power providers in Camden County:

• PSE&G: 1-800-436-PSEG (7734)
• PSEG website: http://pseg.com/home/customer_service/outage_info/index.jsp
• Atlantic City Electric: 1-800-833-7476; http://www.atlanticcityelectric.com/home/
• South Jersey Gas: 1-800-582-7060
• South Jersey Gas website: http://southjerseygas.com/

As always, use 911 for emergencies only. Anyone who sees a problem on a county road should call the county’s 24-hour hotline at 856-566-2980 to report it to the Department of Public Works.

See related:

Winter Weather Advisory In All 21 NJ Counties
Early Dismissal For Gloucester Township Schools Wednesday

Early Dismissal For Cherry Hill Schools Wednesday
Early Dismissal For Haddonfield, Haddon Schools Wednesday

Early Dismissal For Collingswood Schools Wednesday

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