Sentences with phrase «highway crews»

Highway crews do their best to keep the roads clear and safe, but even without snow piles the going is dangerous.

Heavy snows kept highway crews busy on access road trying to clear slides.

Town of North Hempstead highway crews will be on alert and prepared to answer any calls for downed trees, said town spokeswoman Carole Trottere.

As fall weather settles in, Erie County highway crews are starting their last major road project of the season.

Although the skies have cleared and many roads are passable, Southold Town remains under a state of emergency, which means non-emergency vehicles should remain off the road until highway crews have finished their work, said Supervisor Scott Russell.

What has turned out to be a long and arduous winter has meant extra time on the road for municipal highway crews, and extra demand for one of the season's most precious commodities.

Members of the National Guard assisted local highway crews in removing downed tree limbs and other debris.

When the snow hits this weekend, town highway crews will be out plowing Erie County roads under a new contract approved Thursday by the County Legislature.

Alternatives and additives to the most common form of road salt, sodium chloride, are marketed as environmentally friendly replacements because they allow highway crews to maintain ice - free roads while applying less salt.

Highway crews shifted these lanes while they address the damage, which reduces this area down to a one - lane bottleneck.

Hempstead Town spokesman Mike Deery said the town's highway crews were ready, with storm drains cleared after the most recent snowfall.

«While our highway crews continue their diligent work patching potholes across the county, my administration recognizes that more must be done to repair and maintain our vast road inventory,» said Poloncarz.