The Brattleboro Parking Department would like to advise everyone that the winter parking ban will go into effect, starting Friday, November 18, 2016. Overnight parking is forbidden on all streets in the town of Brattleboro. Vehicles parked for longer than one (1) hour between 11:00pm and 07:00am may be ticketed and towed at the owners expense.
Brattleboro has a flashing light system in place to assist citizens in knowing when plowing will be done. A flashing AMBER light designates the need to remove snow from off street lots. A flashing PURPLE light designates the need to remove snow from the streets. Snow removal starts at 11:00pm. During snow storms vehicles must be parked under cover in the Transportation Center. As well, DPW will place sign boards around town with notification of pending snow removals.
Vehicles may be towed at any time if they are hampering snow plowing or snow removal.
Again, the winter parking ban will go into effect Friday, November 18, 2016. This ban will remain in effect until April 15th, 2017.
Jan Anderson
Executive Secretary
Brattleboro Town Manager’s Office
(802) 251-8100
How about after it snows?
Probably too late for this year but a helpful suggestion for the coming years:
Instead of having the parking ban take place arbitrarily on a date, regardless of winter weather, have it start on the first snowfall following that certain date.
So, instead of of banning parking on the 18th, we’d instead ban parking on the first snowfall after the 18th.
With record global temperatures, it could be that we have no snow for quite a while. Where we live, the winter ban forces three cars to share a driveway, which is a hassle for three drivers on three different schedules. The less we have to do the parking dance, the better.
It would also allow police to focus on more important things as long as the weather permits.
Anyone see any problems with this that I’m missing?
Clearly this idea makes far
Clearly this idea makes far too much sense for this town to ever consider.
Make life a little easier for the people that live here? Oh…..please!
Well there's no other
Well there’s no other possible way to let people know when plowing will happen; like lights, signage, text alerts, etcetera so we have to have a blanket ban that begins and ends on arbitrary dates. *rolls eyes* haha