New Bedford Guide Your Guide to New Bedford and South Coast, MA
Did it take too long to have your street plowed? Your neighborhood? Come across streets that had not been plowed?
Well, you can thank the recent COVID-19 surge for that. According to Mayor Jon Mitchell, the city is down about 30 plow drivers because of COVID-19. When New Bedford is hit by a storm like yesterday was the city has approximately 120 plows taking care of the roads.
Of those 30 missing drivers, two were absent because they had not complied with the city’s vaccine mandate put in place in November.
New Bedford is currently experiencing one of the highest 2-week COVID case numbers in Massachusetts and has one of the lowest vaccination rates in the state.
