To the Editor:
I noticed that the center of most streets in Old Town were plowed with same size vehicles you see on highways, leaving 4-5 feet of hard-packed snow from the curb. After plowing on Sunday and Monday, many roads would not support two-way traffic as there simply wasn’t enough space. For residents of Old Town, many of whom who must rely on street parking, snow removal after “Snowzilla” left few available spaces to park in.
I have suggestion: when a large snow-storm is forecast, make public parking available to anyone with a residential sticker, and ban on street parking. This will make it possible for plows to remove snow up to the curb so that after the storm residents have a place to park, and roads are more accessible to two-way traffic. Given it’s unlikely there will be very many tourists paying for public parking during the storm, the loss of revenue to the city would be minimal.
Joel Goodman
Alexandria