Camden County Preparing For Winter Storm

Camden County is preparing for winter weather that is expected to hit the region over the next several days.

“Our CCDPW crews have been checking the plows and loading the salt trucks while continuing to monitor the latest weather forecasts,” 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 later tonight, our crews have been hard at work to keep traffic moving in Camden County.”

The region was expecting to see 1.5 inches of snow Thursday night into Friday morning. Officials advise drivers to watch for slick conditions on all surfaces as temperatures will be near and below freezing, with the snow arriving after sundown. Toward the end of the storm, snow may mix with a little rain.

Another storm is expected to hit the region this weekend. Most of the inclement weather is expected to hit the northern portion of the state, but residents in South Jersey should still be cautious this weekend, officials said.

Saturday night’s storm is expected to bring a snow/sleet/rain mix at the onset with accumulation of a coating to 2 inches.The snow should transition to rain Saturday night into Sunday morning. Temperatures are also expected to drop into the low single digits at that time.

The Camden County Department of Public Works has more than 100 pieces of equipment 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.”

• 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
• Atlantic City Electric website: 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 DPW.

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