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Residents urge Monroe County to plow private roads; highway officials say funds limited to maintained roads
Summary
A resident appealed to Monroe County Council to plow private roads where neighbors and emergency responders were impeded after a 12–16 inch snowfall. Highway staff said county motor-vehicle-highway funds are restricted to county-maintained roads and outlined developers’ unresolved obligations; councilors urged commissioners and emergency management to explore short-term fixes.
Skip Daly, a Monroe County resident, urged the council during public comment to intervene for neighborhoods that were left without plowing after last weekend’s storm.
“Plow them out. Find the money or the means to make it work today, tonight,” Daly told the council, naming Geranium Lane as an example of a street where residents were trapped and first responders could not easily reach homes.
Lisa Ridge of the Monroe County Highway Department told the council the department deployed about 45 employees who worked around the clock for roughly 48 hours to respond to the storm and that average snowfall in the county was 12 to 16 inches. Ridge said the direct cost for labor, equipment and materials for that event was $297,812.07.
Ridge explained a…
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