Sometimes this takes as little as 8 hours. Other times it will take as long as 36 hours. If conditions and predictions indicate that plowing will be necessary, the DPW will begin plowing in tandem on the main roads. Once the main roads are cleared, the plows will go individually to designated sections of the Township to begin clearing open-ended residential streets. When plowing is necessary, even for a small storm, it takes a minimum of 8 to 10 hours to clear the whole town.
Some storms require the roads to be plowed a second and even a third time.
Obviously, some roads will be cleared early on and some will not be cleared until the end. Efforts are made to vary the routine so that roads are not always plowed in the same order. It takes three to four passes of the plow to clear a whole street. This does not mean that your street has been forgotten or left unfinished. It would be a dry snow, following an accurate prediction from the Weather Bureau.