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Newburgh Snow Emergency Goes Into Effect

With as much as a foot of snow and sleet expected to blanket Orange County on Wednesday, Newburgh city officials have declared a snow emergency.

A snow emergency has been announced in Newburgh.

A snow emergency has been announced in Newburgh.

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Newburgh City Manager Michael Ciaravino has declared a snow emergency in Newburgh, effective as of 6 p.m. on Tuesday afternoon, during which, snow emergency parking regulations will be in effect until it is lifted.

According to Ciaravino, a Snow Emergency automatically goes into effect any time there is a prediction of snow of more than two and a half inches. During an emergency, alternate side of the street parking are altered.

  • On north-south streets, parking is permitted on the east side of the street only for 24 hours, from 6 p.m. Monday, Wednesday, and Friday of each week, and on the west side of the street only for 24 hours, from 6 p.m. Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday.
  •  On east-west streets, parking shall be permitted only on the north side of the street for 24 hours from 6 p.m. Monday, Wednesday and Friday, and on the south side of the street only for 24 hours from 6 p.m. on Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday.
  •  On all other City streets, the Police Department will designate the side of the street on which parking is permitted, with parking being allowed on one side of the street on Monday, Wednesday and Friday each week, and on the other side, Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday. Permitted parking on each side of the street will be from 6 p.m. from the time the emergency is declared, until 24 hours thereafter.
  •  No parking will be allowed at all on designated snow emergency routes. Snow emergency routes are as follows: Broadway, both sides from West Street to the City line, Dupont Avenue, Lake Street, Leroy Place, and Little Britain Road, both sides, entire length, North Street, both sides from Leroy Place to Robinson Avenue, Robinson Avenue, and South Robinson Avenue, South Street, South Water Street, and Water Street (Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Blvd.), both sides entire length.
  •  Parking is allowed in City parking lots on Ann Street, Van Ness between Fullerton and Prospect, and on Chambers Street.
  •  Cars illegally parked during a snow emergency will be towed.

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