Share/Save While the winter storm expected to hit Jersey City Friday is not predicted to be nearly the size of the blizzard that dumped 26 inches on the city about a week and a half ago, city officials are out in front of this one, asking all residents to limit driving and to not park [...]
Share/Save- Snowstorm: The city’s initial estimate for the cost of the snow cleanup job is $753,248, which does not include costs to repair damaged municipal vehicles and equipment — 18 of the city’s 67 snow plows broke down or became unusable during the blizzard. Meanwhile, if you abandoned your vehicle on a state highway, you [...]
Share/SaveJersey City officials announced this afternoon that residents will be able to park in a number of public school parking lots for free beginning tonight, as work crews continue trying to clear emergency routes and parking spaces are at a premium due to the snow. Here are the lots: Dickinson High School (2 Palisade Ave.) [...]
Share/Save JCI contributor Joe D’Allegro sent in the above photo of Downtown’s Laurel Court, which he took this afternoon. After waiting for three days, the residents of this cul de sac off of 1st Street cleared the snow themselves this morning using hand shovels. And JCI reader Patricia Courtney sent us this photo of an [...]
Share/SaveAs Jersey City continues to try to dig out from Sunday’s massive snowstorm and plow the city’s streets, city officials say they will begin ticketing any residents who shovel snow into the street after it has been plowed. Doing so is a violation of city law, which requires all residents to pile shoveled snow against [...]
Share/SaveAfter being canceled all of yesterday, NJ Transit restored all bus service as of 12:01 am this morning. But the agency warns that riders “should expect possible delays based on local road conditions and allow extra travel time.” NJ Transit has also fully restored Hudson-Bergen Light Rail service as of 6:30 am this morning, with [...]
Share/SaveJCI reader Melissa Cacioppo sent in these great shots taken today of Van Vorst Park and the surrounding area. Have photos to share? Send them to info (at) jerseycityindependent.com or post them to our Facebook page.
Share/SaveThere is plenty of snow on the ground outside as a result of the massive storm that hit Jersey City yesterday and kept going through the night. The National Weather Service’s Blizzard Warning remains in effect until 6 pm today, and Jersey City has joined the state in declaring a state of emergency. Here are [...]
Share/Save- Running Out of Snow $$: The head of the Jersey City Incinerator Authority says that after this current storm, the agency may only have $100,000 or so left to clear snow. The same situation is being felt in municipalities all over New Jersey, and the region, as we’ve been hit with more snow than [...]
Share/SaveWhile the mid-Atlantic region braces for a potential 2 foot snowfall today, and South Jersey begins to hunker down for a possible blizzard, should we all scramble for the grocery store today and stock up for a massive snowstorm? After all, the local TV news is giving the coming snowstorm the kind of wall-to-wall coverage [...]
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