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Mayor Jon Mitchell has announced that the citywide snow emergency parking ban will remain in effect in New Bedford for an additional 48 hours, until Tuesday, February 12, 2013 at 12:00 Noon.
New Bedford Public Schools are closed for Monday, February 10th, 2013.
In addition, Mayor Mitchell announced that trash collection in New Bedford will be delayed by two (2) days. Trash normally collected on Mondays will be collected on Wednesday.
While the snow emergency parking ban is in effect, parking is permitted on the side of the street that is opposite the fire hydrants. No vehicle should be parked on the same side of the street as a fire hydrant, except on streets that are regularly posted for parking on one side of the street only. In posted areas, residents are to obey the signs as usual.
In the business districts, a double-sided parking ban will also take effect in both the Acushnet Avenue Business District and the Downtown Business District as of 12:00 Noon., on Friday, February 8, 2013. Downtown parking is available at no charge in the Elm Street and the Zeiterion Parking Garages.
Violations of this parking regulation will be subject to ticketing at $50 per ticket and towing at full cost to the owner of the vehicle towed. The vehicle owner is also responsible for the full cost of storage for any towed vehicle.
The following areas have been designated as preferred parking areas for those residents in need of off-street parking while the emergency snow parking ban is in effect:
· Victory Park – Brock Avenue
· Hazelwood Park – Brock Avenue
· Roosevelt Middle School – Brock Avenue and Dennis Street
· Cove Street Parking Lot – Cove Street and Morton Court
· Orchard Street at Camara Soccer Field
· Congdon School – Thompson and Hemlock Street
· Buttonwood Park Parking Area – Hawthorn Street Side and Lake Street Side
· Coggeshall Street Parking Lot – Coggeshall Street and Acushnet Avenue
· Sawyer Street Parking Lot – Between Sawyer Street and Beetle Street
· Brooklawn Park Parking Area – Brooklawn Street (South Side)
· Normandin Middle School – Tarkiln Hill Road
· Jireh Swift School – Tarkiln Hill Road
· Campbell School – Phillips Road
· Alma del Mar Charter School (former Ottiwell School) – 26 Madeira Avenue
· Philips Avenue School – 249 Phillips Avenue
· DeValles School – 120 Katherine Street
· Parker School – 705 County Street
· Elm Street Garage
· Zeiterion Garage – 688 Purchase Street
Please visit the City’s website at www.newbedford-ma.gov for more information and updates from the City of New Bedford regarding the snowstorm.
Why didn’t NB tow vehicles that didn’t obey the parking ban? Why obey it when it is obvious no one is towed and now the plows can’t clean the streets. I say, tow them and get the streets cleaned.