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Egg Harbor Township thanks crews after icy storm; public works details staffing, salt limits and repair plans
Summary
Public Works told the Township Committee crews worked around the clock after an unusual ice-and-snow event, deployed 53 employees, used 300–400 tons of salt and received an extra 200-ton shipment mid-storm; officials urged residents to file formal reports for potholes and driveway issues.
Egg Harbor Township officials on Feb. 4 thanked public works, volunteer fire companies and neighbors after an unusually heavy winter storm that left roads iced over and required extended, around-the-clock work by township crews.
Public Works briefed the committee on operational details, saying crews began operations at about 4:00 a.m. Sunday and that "we had 53 employees that worked around the clock" through Tuesday. The speaker described the storm as shifting from loose snow to heavy, wet snow that "turned to rain" and then quickly refroze, producing large clumps of packed snow that created driveway blockages and led to hundreds of resident complaints.
"We put down between 3 and 400 tons of salt in the middle of a salt shortage," a…
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