![]() “The public works agency will be hard at work this season keeping our streets safe. Kankakee County and most of northwest Indiana will also remain under a winter storm warning through Thursday evening, with more than a foot of snow possible in some locations. “Winter weather can be a challenge for everyone,” Cano said in the video. He also advised residents to shovel their sidewalks and to not pass plows on the right while driving. He said staff will work until the snow is cleared, with people working nonstop from Thursday night through Sunday or Monday night.Ĭano said people can sign up to receive notifications about parking restrictions as a result of snow through its website or by texting a city-operated number. The involved garages are located at 821 Davis St., 1800 Maple Ave., and 525 Church St.īobkiewicz said the city has staff working on 24-hour operations to clear the streets and sidewalks. If a car is left parked on a side of the road marked for cleaning, the car will be towed and ticketed, Bobkiewicz said.Įvanston’s community engagement coordinator Patrick Deignan said in a news release that to assist plowing operations and to make parking more convenient for residents, the city will open all three downtown parking garages for free parking beginning Thursday at 5 p.m. if a parking ban is to be in effect at 11 p.m., according to the city’s website.ĭuring a snow emergency - which can occur after a 4-inch snowfall - parking on certain streets is limited to one side of the road. On streets marked as “snow routes,” parking is not allowed between the hours of 11 p.m. Chicago’s total snowfall accumulation for the 2020-21 winter season. “We just want to make sure that people understand that there’s nothing else going on that (if) they hear a siren, it’s related to snow.”īobkiewicz said it’s been about two years since the city has seen a storm of this magnitude, according to information he’s seen from Chicago meteorologists.Įdgar Cano, the city’s public services bureau manager, said in a video posted to the city’s YouTube channel that various parking restrictions can be imposed after 2 inches of snowfall or more. There were nine consecutive days with measurable snowfall in Chicago tying the record for most with Feb. “The sirens, for people who aren’t paying attention and who have never heard them associated with snow before, it’s an Evanston (and) Chicago kind of thing,” Bobkiewicz said. on snow emergency days, according to the city’s website.īobkiewicz urged students who haven’t heard the sirens before to not be alarmed when they likely go off this weekend. The service said that heavy snow is expected, with a likely accumulation of snowfall between 8 to 14 inches.Ĭity manager Wally Bobkiewicz said the city will likely declare a “snow emergency” on Saturday and Sunday to clean up the streets in the aftermath of the storm. ![]() ![]() The National Weather Service issued a winter storm warning for northeastern Illinois that is in effect from 6 p.m. As a massive storm heads for the Chicago area and prepares to dump about an estimated foot of snow onto Evanston, city officials are gearing up to handle the winter flurries. ![]()
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