Wednesday, January 2, 2013
Trenton-Grosse Ile Patch readers said they were unaware of a recent snow emergency and called for more effective ways of informing them of the emergency.
Several Trenton residents complained they were not adequately notified of a recent snow emergency, but a city ordinance states a snow emergency automatically goes into effect after the city receives four or more inches of snow, according to Trenton Police Chief Jim Nardone. Residents must remove vehicles from the roadway during a snow emergency to allow snowplows access to all city streets or residents could receive a $120 ticket. Patch readers said they were unaware of a snow emergency that resulted in three residents being ticketed for parking in the street. "If there are four inches of snow, the residents need to remove their car or vehicles from the roadway," Nardone said. "It's (the snow emergency ordinance) been in effect in the City…
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Friday, December 28, 2012
Trenton police officers typically give vehicle owners a chance to move their vehicle before they begin writing a ticket, according to Sgt. Bradley Petraska of the Trenton Police Department.
If you received a ticket for parking in the street during a snow emergency Thursday, you were one among few others. The Trenton Police Department issued just three tickets following a snowfall that began Wednesday and covered the city in a thick blanket of snow, according to Sgt. Bradley Petraska. Petraska said Trenton police officers normally attempt to contact the owner of a vehicle parked in the street before writing up a ticket that can cost as much as $120. "There was no huge problem (Thursday)," Petraska said. "Our officers usually try to contact the owner, but sometimes they can't make contact." Officers often allow residents an opportunity to move their car into their driveway before handing out snow emergency tickets. There were …
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Wednesday, December 26, 2012
Snow will start falling in the afternoon and continue into the evening.
Last year's wimpy winter will not be a repeat for Michigan, if this week is any indication. Following Christmas Eve's traffic-clogging snowfall—which ranged from a dusting to several inches in Metro Detroit—residents of Trenton, Grosse Ile and surrounding areas can expect significant snow on Wednesday. The National Weather Service has issued a Winter Weather Advisory for the area, and is predicting up to seven inches of snowfall on Wednesday. Flurries could begin overnight, turning into a steady snowfall by the afternoon. The chance of snow, according to NWS, is 100 percent. Temperatures will drop into the high 20s by 10 a.m., and winds will pick up throughout the day, gusting as high as 26 miles per hour. Two to four inches of snow is …
bmurdock
5:49 pm on Friday, December 28, 2012
what snow emergency??? nothing on the local news stations about that... more ›