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In 10 years I've lived on Nash St. there has NEVER been a snow ban on either side of the street. I parked in front of my apt. at 3pm after work and woke up this morning at 5am to find no parking posters and my car gone.This city is making millions on parking.
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Closed Doug Hausladen (Registered User)
MNHGA (Registered User)
BenHV (Registered User)
Reopened Roger (Registered User)
Closed Doug Hausladen (Registered User)
You should be able to locate your vehicle by entering your license plate into this publicly available form: https://newhaven.rmcpay.com/
I've closed the issue regarding nash; if other streets please log new issues
Reopened RFM (Registered User)
I feel very badly for you since you were unaware of the ban, but I have to remind everyone that since Toni Harp has been in office, the odd-side residential bans have been publicized very clearly through SeeClickFix, and the many other ways the city allows people to sign up for alerts through text and email. The blue warning lights were also flashing at intersections, and my phone has been buzzing with blizzard warnings since Friday.
Over in Dixwell, the plowing is generally much better than it has been in the past 25 years because of these bans, and the only thing that made them work was that the city started to ticket or tow. Unfortunately, there are still serious problems, like sometimes lax enforcement (there was no ticketing over the past 3 storms on our streets of Mansfield, Compton, Tilton, Woodland).
The city has also never addressed the need for a follow-up ban to switch sides, and plow the EVEN side of the street. In a season with a lot of snow, eventually there are so many piles of snow on the even side, that people have a very hard time parking there when there is an odd-side ban.
Sometimes individual situations arise that do seem unfair to us. Two years ago, after a storm ended, our street was completely plowed and cleaned, right up to the curb, and several of us walked to the school parking lots and put our cars back on the street, and we got fined $100, because officially the ban had not been lifted. But we sucked it up, because we know that we were legally in the wrong, even if we were thought we were still acting responsibly, and being considerate of our neighbors.
So I completely support the city ticketing and towing, and I hope they will be more consistent about it. Rules that help everybody are only effective with enforcement.
Roger (Registered User)
Willow Tree (Registered User)
Willow street near Livingston not cleared. I agree with Roger that this snow emergency route is always ignored and has lulled people into being complacent during past storms.
Anonymous: Mayor Harp has publicized snow bans via text and email during every storm. Anyone who is not subscribed can do so here: http://www.cityofnewhaven.com/alerts/
den_of_hams (Registered User)
Dangerous debris (Registered User)
ReallyNewHaven (Registered User)
Closed Department of Public Works (Verified Official)