By Brian Stone<\/p>\n
DEARBORN, Mich. \u2014 Residents of Dearborn seemed generally pleased with the city\u2019s response to the first big snow of the season, as snow ploughs quickly swept the streets starting last night.<\/p>\n
A snow emergency was declared yesterday at 10 pm, forcing cars off the streets so Dearborn Department of Public Works (DPW) ploughs could get all the snow off the roads. Residents across the city seemed patient and contented with the city\u2019s plowing, even if their street hadn\u2019t been plowed yet.<\/p>\n
Elizabeth Davies said her cross-streets of Meridan and Berkley were plowed, and it seemed like the DPW workers had motivated her to do her own shoveling.<\/p>\n
\u201cMy 79 year old father \u00a0and I with a walker will do our best to clean snow,\u201d said Davies.<\/p>\n
Megan Ford Osman shared a funny story on social media about her experience with the city ploughs.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe plow came down the other side of the street while I was shoveling. He honked to tell me to wait to do my approach as he was just about to circle back,\u201d said Osman. \u201cSo I went on to the driveway. Twp minutes later, he came speeding by so fast, not only were my sidewalks recovered in snow, so was I.\u201d<\/p>\n
Cortney Butkowski-Dobri said she was amazed to see the plows come through twice on her street quickly, and claimed the whole Grindley Park area was good to go.<\/p>\n
Neile Gauthier said he wasn\u2019t sure how DPW was doing, but he got a ticket for having his car parked on the street after 10 pm.<\/p>\n
\u201cI went to bed early. But I leave for work around 530,\u201d said Gauthier. \u201cNever gotten a ticket before. Oh well.\u201d<\/p>\n
Mason Christensen, a Dearborn Historical Museum employee, said his commute to the museum was smooth this morning, and he was surprised to see even the museum parking lot was plowed by the time he got there.<\/p>\n
\u201cPlows were on the road everywhere,\u201d said Christensen around 8:30 am. \u201cRoads are in decent shape given the hour.\u201d<\/p>\n
The main resident complaint seemed to be about the speed of plowing.<\/p>\n
\u201cAlways a great job; wish they would SLOW down in the 25 mph zones,\u201d said Mary Bracey. \u201cit’s scary how fast they go.\u00a0 They couldn’t possibly stop in time to avoid an accident.\u00a0 My whole house shakes when they race by!\u201d<\/p>\n
Residents are being encouraged to keep cars off the street so long as the snow continues to fall.<\/p>\n