Newport Parking Ban Starts at Midnight

It’s déjà vu all over again as another winter storm is expected to bring between six and eight inches of snow along with some rain beginning Sunday night into Monday.

As a result, the Newport Police Department has instituted a parking ban that will go into effect at 11:59 p.m. Sunday and will continue until 9 p.m. Monday night.

The ban affects only the streets listed below.

If your car is left on any street 30 minutes after the ban begins, expect it to be towed.

Residents with no place to park can use the following city lots for free:

• Gateway Center
• Mary Street
• Easton’s Beach

The following streets are designated as tow zones for emergency snow removal work and are included in this parking ban:

• Bellevue Avenue: Kay Street to Bowery Street
• Broadway
• Friendship Street
• Spring Street
  
• Summer Street
• Thames Street
• Washington Square
  
• West Marlborough Street
  
• Van Zandt Avenue, from J.T. Connell Memorial Road east to Malbone Road

The city is also asking residents, property owners and business owners to be mindful of the city ordinance requiring them to remove snow from sidewalks.

City ordinance requires the sidewalks to be cleared within five hours of daylight or after the snow stops falling.

For an updated list of closings and cancellations, go HERE.

The storm has also thrown another wrinkle into the trash collection schedule. There will be no pickup on Monday and the rest of the week will operate on a Monday holiday delay schedule. That means Monday customers will be serviced on Tuesday and so on.

Forecasters have cited a high degree of unpredictability with the impending storm as the changeover from snow to rain and back to snow could vary dramatically along the shore and several miles inland.

A Winter Storm Warning has been declared and will remain in effect until 1 a.m. on Tuesday. Snow will develop after midnight tonight and the accumulation could be rapid during periods of exceptional snowfall. Snowfall rates could reach one to three inches per hour and the morning rush hour is expected to be messy.

Areas could see rain for a period of time late Monday morning, but the precipitation will switch back to snow before the storm is over Monday night.

Note: an earlier version of this story could easily have been interpreted to read that Monday’s trash pickup is cancelled and would not be picked up this week. We apologize for any confusion.