Snow emergency in Janesville
The city of Janesville has declared a snow emergency starting at 6 p.m. today, Wednesday.
A snow emergency means that all vehicles must be removed from city streets and public parking lots until snow plowing operations are complete.
"To ensure that you do not receive a parking ticket, please move your vehicle prior to 6 p.m. and keep your vehicle off city streets until they have been completely plowed," according to the announcement.
"The best place to park during a snow emergency is in your garage or driveway. If you are unable to park in a driveway or garage, please park in one of the designated snow emergency parking stalls," the city says.
The emergency parking stalls are located in these lots: East Wall Street lot at East Wall Street & North Parker Drive; Municipal Building lot at West Wall Street & North Jackson Street; South High Street lot at West Court Street & South High Street; Senior Center lot at St. Lawrence Avenue & Water Street; Hedberg Public Library lot on Water Street; River/Union Street lot at South River Street & Union Street.
Each lot has signs designating the snow emergency parking stalls.
Fines for parking on the streets during a snow emergency are $20. The Police Department may begin issuing tickets to violators before plowing operations begin.
For more Janesville snow emergency information, go to www.ci.janesville.wi.us or call 755-SNOW. To report problems or concerns, call 755-3110.
Dec 4, 2008 at 2:51 p.m.
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Wow 'warm' and 'mack'...I didn't live in Janesville anymore either, but I didn't realize I wasn't welcome to read or comment on my hometown's news.
NVgrf - LOL!!
Dec 4, 2008 at 7:16 a.m.
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Gotta love the angry snow shovellers who are suffering from winter depression already. There are professionals who can deal with your frustrations, mack and warm. Just take your meds and go sledding. And have a Merry Christmas.
Dec 4, 2008 at 5:51 a.m.
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KenB . . why would you spend money to plow the gutter, you don't drive there. There was too little snow to plow last Sunday - face it. It got packed down and plows wouldn't have done a darn thing. City called it right and saved my money. It's Wisconsin. It's gonna be slick.
Dec 4, 2008 at 5:26 a.m.
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I agree with gpawcat they plowed my street a little after 4 pm. I was behind a guy driving south on County G from Jvl. to Beloit he was doing 40 in a 55 which is ok but when the speed limit changed to 40 when we hit Beloit he slowed down to 20. Come on if you can do 40 in a 55 go 40 in a 40. Geeze
Dec 4, 2008 at 2:22 a.m.
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70 degrees today, not a cloud in the sky, waterskiing, boating, cookouts and shorts! don't pay those ridiculous taxes either! MOVE!!! you will live longer in better weather, your mental state will be relaxed the more you breathe sunshine and warm weather! your bones won't ache and your bills will be less. beach bound today! gm is history! move away!
Dec 4, 2008 at 2:03 a.m.
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Gosh, it's frickin' COLDDDDDDDDDDD outside tonight!!! I hate winter!
Dec 3, 2008 at 8:57 p.m.
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I measured 5" still on the road between the tire track of the mailman to the curb, down 1/2 mile on the street yesterday.... My street and many streets are still very dangerous. Now unless we get a melting day we have a good bottom of 2 or 3 inches of ice in the middle of the road.... If I move to Florida, I'll make sure that I log on to complain. You should plow or not plow...
Dec 3, 2008 at 6:46 p.m.
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What really gets me is when I'm behind someone going really slow on the highway, and I want to go faster. The next thing I know they've turned off, and I'm in the lead going as slow, if not slower than they were, thinking "what the heck was I thinking?"
Dec 3, 2008 at 6:09 p.m.
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I was up at Parker today around the end of B lunch. I watched a student(I know this because I watched them park in the student parking lot) come down the side road by the church, slid through the stop sign and finally got the car turned after going in the far lane. I seriously thought he was going to end up in someones front yard. Just driving too fast for conditions and not had enough experience on these roads. The kid was lucky that no one was in either lane at the time.
Dec 3, 2008 at 6:07 p.m.
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KenB last storm recorded 5" but if you had 3" stuck to your street you were lucky. Most of it melted when it hit. I agreed with the City's decision to not plow. It's comin outta my pocket and wasn't necessary.
Dec 3, 2008 at 6:06 p.m.
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76 here today and not a hurricane in sight. Gave my shovels away four years ago.
Dec 3, 2008 at 6:05 p.m.
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lulu~They will never learn. I had some jerk right on my bumper for about ten blocks. If he thought I was gonna move, he was sadly mistaken. I'm not putting my family in even more danger because you want to speed and your in a hurry. I was actually even doing the speed limit. People irrate me! No....STUPID PEOPLE IRRATE ME!
Dec 3, 2008 at 5:47 p.m.
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People are driving like idiots out there. On my way to work at 2:30 today I saw a person driving a huge silver Dodge Ram with a plow attachment weaving in and out of traffic, speeding and not using directional s! I should have written down the license number to post up here... People need to realize that when the roads are slick, no matter what kind of vehicle you are in, you have a high chance of getting into an accident!
Dec 3, 2008 at 5:47 p.m.
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Hey Kbjammen, If you don't like the plowing you can always move to Florida and deal with the hurricanes.
Dec 3, 2008 at 5:28 p.m.
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We have a one car garage...that is used as storage since our house is tiny. Plus three cars to try to put in the single car driveway! Our neighbors have kindly let us use their driveway. Too bad more people weren't like that!
Dec 3, 2008 at 5:05 p.m.
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I wonder if they'll actually ticket for the people who don't move their cars. It would take a small miracle to get some of my neighbors to move their extra vehicles and trailers off of our street, despite the fact they have plenty of room in their driveways and 3 car garages....
Dec 3, 2008 at 4:42 p.m.
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Snow plowed at 3:30 pm today before emergency. Can we put a car in the street? It's done snowing.
Dec 3, 2008 at 4:20 p.m.
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Maybe they will actually plow the roads today... Last snow storm we had an official 5". Today we are at 3.54" at 4 P.M....
Dec 3, 2008 at 4:04 p.m.
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City of Janesville Snow Emergency Declared for 12/3/08 at 6:00 pm. Call 755-SNOW for information.
Dec 3, 2008 at 4:02 p.m.
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What does that mean? ? Why wouldn't you wait till you had all the info?
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