Residential trash collection routes normally scheduled
for Monday will be postponed until Wednesday. This change is being made to
minimize having large trucks on slippery roads in residential areas.
Author: Kirk Ross
This from the Town of Carrboro:
Carrboro Town Hall and the Carrboro Century Center will open at 10:00 am
on Monday, February 1st, 2010, with a limited staff. The delayed opening
will not affect Police, Fire and Public Works schedules.
Bus schedules
This from Chapel Hill Transit this am:
CHT buses will follow their normal routes and schedules on Monday, February 1, 2010, as long as the streets are safe for travel. Bus routes that will be operating on detours are the A, F, N, T, V, HS, PX and 420. All routes will likely experience delays due to road conditions. CHT will not be operating on the following streets/areas until further notice:
A – Sevrin, Umstead and North Forest Hills
F – McDougle School
N – Village Drive, Longview and Pritchard Hill
T – Weaver Drive, Carol Woods, East Chapel Hill High School
V – Highgrove Drive, Brookgreen Drive and Greenview Drive
HS – Rogers Road and Seawell School
Pittsboro Express (PX) – Fearington Village
420 – Durham TechCHT encourages customers to be extra cautious when boarding and alighting vehicles as many area sidewalks and roadways remain slippery. EZ Rider and Shared Ride services are providing normal service today, however, customers may experience significant delays as road conditions dictate the ability of drivers to maneuver their vehicles on many area side streets and provide door-to-door service.
Chapel Hill weather update
The official word from the Town of Chapel Hill:
Due to the accumulation of snow compacted by sleet and subfreezing temperatures over the weekend, the Town of Chapel Hill announces the following changes to services:
– Parks and Recreation facilities will be closed on Sunday, Jan. 31
– Chapel Hill Public Library will be closed on Sunday, Jan. 31
– Trash Collection routes normally scheduled for Monday, Feb. 1, will be postponed until Wednesday, Feb. 3
– All Chapel Hill Transit routes are operating with delays due to road conditions. In addition, buses will operate Safe Routes on Saturday night. Chapel Hill Transit will provide Tar Heel Express shuttle service on Sunday for the UNC men’s basketball game against the Virginia Cavaliers, scheduled for 7:45 p.m. at the Dean E. Smith Center. For more information about the Tar Heel Express service, visit: http://www.townofchapelhill.org/index.aspx?recordid=1468&page=22
– CHT will not be operating on the following streets/areas until further notice:
• Bowles Drive – NU Route (Customers can catch the NU on Manning Drive)
• Chapel Hill Public Library – DM Route
• Carol Woods, East Chapel Hill High School, Hillsborough Street – T Route
• Umstead and Severn – JN Route
• Pritchard Hill – JN Route
• Village Drive – JNAlthough a vigorous effort to plow and salt the roads continues by both Town public works crews and crews from the NC Department of Transportation, road conditions continue to be treacherous, and residents are advised not to drive.
Thankfully, most are heeding this warning. Traffic is very minimal on Chapel Hill streets on Saturday. There have been nine reported weather-related accidents, all of which occurred on Friday night. Public safety officers are concerned about the safety of residents who are sledding and tobogganing in streets and traffic lanes. People are urged to never use streets or roads for sledding unless they are blocked off from traffic. Also, do not sled on icy hills; sledding hills should be only snow covered.
Public Works crews are working the roads with eight snow plow trucks, three motor graders and four box spreaders that spread salt and sand. The Town’s snow removal plan prioritizes all streets within the town limits giving first priority to major thoroughfares, bus routes and hospital areas. The second priority is the major collector streets that feed into the major arterial routes plus trouble spots such as hills and dangerous intersections. When these streets are passable the next focus is the minor collector streets and finally neighborhood streets.
In addition to the work of Town crews, the NC Department of Transportation also assists with snow removal on state-maintained major arterials. They have 12 snow plow trucks with box spreaders and two motor graders assigned to Chapel Hill and focus on the following streets: Franklin Street, Hwy 86 (MLK, Columbia and 15-501 by Southern Village, South Road/Raleigh Road/Hwy 54, Manning Drive and Fordham Boulevard.
Chapel Hill has an interactive Adverse Weather Map. See http://gis.townofchapelhill.org/adverse_weather. Many of the roads that have been treated or plowed are still considered treacherous and extreme caution should be used at all times.
Residents who wish to report non-emergency problems or ask questions may call the Public Works Department at 919-969-5100 from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday. For emergencies, always call 911.
General Information – For information during inclement weather, Chapel Hill residents should visit the official Town website at www.townofchapelhill.org.
For updates from Chapel Hill Transit, visit its Inclement Weather page at www.townofchapelhill.org/index.aspx?page=696 or call 919-969-4900 and press “1” for Route and Schedule Information – expect some wait time due to high call volumes. For EZ Rider/Shared Ride Services, call 919-969-5544.
Announcements about the weather’s effect on Town services are made on WCHL radio (1360 AM). Our inclement weather web page www.townofchapelhill.org/index.aspx?page=851 contains many quick links to public services and guides to emergency preparation.
Conditions report
This from south of town:
Windy, cold, snow covered and getting a shower of tiny ice pellets.
Not much traffic anywhere. Peals of laughter from the snow covered slopes of Southern Community Park.
snow and more to come
At times like these, it’s best to let the NWS folks speak for themselves. Forecast discussion:
INTERESTING ENOUGH THIS SNOW BAND IS IMPACTING THE MAJOR POPULATION CENTERS OF CENTRAL NC…WITH AS MUCH AS 1.5 TO 2.0 INCHES OF SNOW ALREADY BEING REPORTED IN BOTH THE TRIAD AND TRIANGLE (SEE RDUPNSRAH FOR FULL LIST OF SNOWFALL REPORTS). WHILE THERE WILL BE SOME BRIEF LULLS IN THE
MODERATE SNOWFALL…THIS EXPANSIVE/ELONGATED BAND EXTENDS ALL THE
WAY BACK ACROSS UPSTATE SC. SO MANY OF THE SAME AREAS COULD SEE ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES POSSIBLE THROUGH MIDNIGHT…BEFORE THE
STRONGER ISENTROPIC LIFT SPREADS OVER THE AREA AFTER MIDNIGHT. AS SUCH…WITH A 2 TO 3 INCH BASE LAYER OF SNOW IN PLACE BEFORE THE
ARRIVAL OF THE BEST FORCING…MAY HAVE TO RAISE SNOWFALL AMOUNTS IN THE SWEET SPOT WHERE THIS BAND HAS FORMED.
Heavy snow in Hboro
Chapel Hill and much of southern Orange are getting a few flakes but Hillsborough has already gotten a dusting.
Kinnaird’s Costco letter
As per the article in this week’s Citizen, Sen. Ellie Kinnaird’s case for Costco in a letter to alderman Dan Coleman.
Video: UNC student in Haiti
This week’s weather
My it is cold this morning — all of 13 degrees at Horace William Airport.
For the rest of the week, we seem to heading back to normal temps.
Via the NWS:
Today: Partly sunny, with a high near 44. West wind between 5 and 9 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.
Tonight: Scattered flurries after midnight. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 27. South wind around 7 mph becoming northwest.
Tuesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 39. North wind between 8 and 13 mph.
Tuesday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 19. North wind between 6 and 9 mph becoming calm.
Wednesday: Sunny, with a high near 50. Calm wind becoming west between 4 and 7 mph.
Wednesday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 24.
Thursday: Sunny, with a high near 56.
Thursday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 28.
Friday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 56.
Friday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 32.
Saturday: Partly sunny, with a high near 48.
Saturday Night: A chance of rain. Cloudy, with a low around 34. Chance of precipitation is 40%.
Sunday: A chance of rain. Cloudy, with a high near 40. Chance of precipitation is 40%.
Enjoy the weather
This morning is the warmest it’s going to be all day.
If you need some advice on how not to wind up with frozen pipes here’s a story from this week’s paper.