City Gets Ready For Winter Storm

Photograph of maintainer A.J. Forgo helps Bridges and Tunnels getting ready for winter by attaching plow to front of maintenance truck courtesy of the MTA

Oh, the winter weather is on: Notify NYC sent the message, "The National Weather Service has issued a Winter Storm Warning for NYC, effective at 12 PM Saturday until 11 AM Sunday," and NY1 says, "About six to nine inches of snow are expected to fall in the city between Saturday morning and Sunday morning, with the worst downfall taking place 4 p.m. Saturday and 5 a.m. Sunday."

As you might imagine, the Department of Sanitation says it's ready for the snow, as does the Port Authority, which takes care of roadways and airports. And the MTA says its Bridges and Tunnels division is "is primed and ready to hit the roadways with snow and ice-fighting supplies that include 8,000 tons of deicer and a fleet of 97 trucks."

As for the MTA's mass transit, the agency says it's going to cancel its planned weekend service outages, "Our goal is to keep as many trains in service as possible and to keep you informed." Check out their list of what they think you should expect.

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By Jen Chung in News on December 18, 2009 6:20 PM

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LB

White Christmas ! I might happen this time around . Keep your fingers crossed .

MrManhattan

I had a friend from DC cancel her visit tomorrow because of this (it's already started down there). While I'm disappointed we won't get to see each other, I'm psyched to go out first thing Sunday morning and photograph all the sites we were going to see under a lovely blanket of snow to send to her.

pudeljung

thanks for sharing

moocowtoo

Gothamist, pls send a photographer to the nekkid bike protest and get some hot hipster snow covered action!

Anyone know when it's happening?

Fritzdecat

This should make it more interesting for those nekkid bikers

Joe Schumacher

It was a beautiful day here in San Francisco! Glad my flight gets in before the snow hits.

ed_Extinct

Where's the Rain or Snow survey?

Jon Claw

I think 1'+ is more likely.

hunter.blatherer

"As for the MTA's mass transit, the agency says it's going to cancel its planned weekend service outages."

Reading that, my brain skips over the word "outages." It just makes more sense that way.

pudeljung

yay for all you MTA maintenance guys who don't have to report for duty tomorrow! have a nice weekend off. (not that any read this blog)

Anna Townsend

A white Christmas would be lovely, but hopefully not at the expense of people's lives! Hopefully everyone can stay safe in the snowy and icy conditions!