WALDORF, Md. – Due to the winter weather advisory in the forecast, the Department of Public Works Roads Division would like to remind residents of the county’s snow removal schedule.
Targeted Response Time for Snow Removal:
Primary Roads and Major Residential Roads
• 3 to 4 inches snowfall: Passable within 12 hours
• 5 to 7 inches snowfall: Passable within 18 to 24 hours
• 8 to 10 inches snowfall: Passable within 24 to 36 hours
• 11 to 15 inches snowfall: Passable within 36 to 48 hours
• 24 inches snowfall: Passable within 48 to 60 hours
Minor Residential Roads and Cul-de-sacs
• 3 to 4 inches snowfall: One pass made within 12 hours
• 5 to 7 inches snowfall: One pass made within 18 hours
• 8 to 10 inches snowfall: One pass made within 24 hours
• 11 to 15 inches snowfall: One pass made within 36 hours
• 24 inches snowfall: Once pass made within 48 hours
When it snows, county and contract forces concentrate on keeping primary county roads and major residential neighborhood streets passable. Plowing generally begins when snow becomes 1 to 3 inches deep and temperatures indicate snow will not melt.
The type of snow (wet or powder), temperatures, and wind conditions following a storm can alter this schedule. In some cases where snow is drifting and blowing, snow plows will concentrate on snow emergency routes and primary roads. This may decrease response time to residential or neighborhood roads.
Keep your neighborhoods safe for emergency personnel, pedestrians, and cyclists by clearing sidewalks of snow and ice. Remember to assist elderly and disabled neighbors who are unable to move snow. Clearing driveways and entrances of snow is the responsibility of the property owner, home owners’ association, or business.
For more information about county snow removal, visit www.CharlesCountyMD.gov/pw/roads/snow-removal or call 1-888-460-SNOW (7669). Remember county roads have street names and state roads are numbered. Call 1-800-543-2515 for state snow removal. For more winter weather safety tips, visit www.ready.gov/winter-weather.
Get the latest Charles County severe weather updates:
Charles County Government website: www.CharlesCountyMD.gov
Facebook: www.Facebook.com/CharlesCounty
Twitter: www.Twitter.com/CharlesCoMD
Charles County Government Television (CCGTV): Comcast channel 95 or Verizon channel 10
SMECO Power Outage Map: stormcenter.smeco.coop (Call 877-747-6326 to report an outage.)
Sign up for the Citizen Notification System (CNS), the county’s free emergency notification system, at www.CharlesCountyMD.gov/CNS to receive weather, traffic, and road closure notices by text message, email, or phone. Call 9-1-1 in the event of an emergency.