FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
December 15, 2020

Winter Weather Advisory

New City, NY, - County Executive Ed Day and Superintendent of Highways Charles “Skip” Vezzetti warn residents to take precautions ahead of the winter storm forecast to hit Rockland starting the evening of Wednesday, December 16th.

“Rockland County Highway crews began pre-treating our roads with anti-icing brine today and will be ready to go when the storm hits tomorrow afternoon or evening,” said Highway Superintendent Vezzetti. “Our crews have been practicing their routes every Wednesday since early November to identify and correct any obstacles and we’re keeping a close eye on the forecast as we fine tune our plans for the next few days.”

The U.S. National Weather Service forecast includes the potential of 12-18” of snow during the storm. Potential impacts include:

• Difficult travel Wednesday Evening into Thursday Morning
• Scattered downed tree limbs and power outages
• Blizzard conditions possible at times Wednesday Night

“The key to keeping our roads clear is having as many cars off of them as possible during the storm. While we’ve seen less volume on the roads as more people are working from home during the pandemic, we’re asking residents to, if possible, make arrangements to get home ahead of the storm tomorrow afternoon,” said County Executive Day.

Rockland has 24 snow removal trucks with 4 reserve trucks which travel 24 routes and clear 170 center line miles of County roads.

Rockland County’s TOR and TRIPS bus services will continue to operate regular weekday service as conditions allow during the storm. For the most current service information, customers should visit the Transit Alerts page at rocklandbus.com, where they can also sign up for text/email alerts.

With heavy snow and high winds predicted Orange and Rockland Utilities has declared a storm watch. If customers experience a power outage, please report it one of the following ways:

• Visiting www.oru.com/ReportOutage from any computer or web-based mobile device
• Accessing O&R’s mobile app from an iPhone, iPad or Android device – download via Apple Store or Google Play
• Text messaging by texting “OUT” to 69678 (myORU)
• Calling 1-877-434-4100

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