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Residents press Palmyra council over snow-plow clearing and safety
Summary
Residents told the Palmyra Borough Council that recent plowing left narrow travel lanes and high snowbanks, raising safety concerns for drivers, school drop-offs and buses; council and staff said ordinance limits and PennDOT rules constrain how close crews can plow to sidewalks and committed to follow up.
Several Palmyra residents complained to the borough council about recent snow-clearing practices that they say are creating traffic hazards and endangering pedestrians.
At the Feb. meeting, resident David Hine of 651 South Harrison told council that plows left a 13-foot-wide driving lane near his home and that narrow lanes force drivers into hand-shoveled parking spots and into oncoming traffic. "13 feet is how far away the snow plow plowed the snow," Hine said, arguing the condition had persisted for years and "someone's gonna get hurt." Kevin Fuhrman of 734 East Cypress said that some streets in neighboring towns are plowed to the curb and…
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