Does a 0 count? Horrible job. Its like they were in a rush and did it half assed

The main streets look pretty good but the side streets are horrible. Plus, I thought they were trying to close to the curb to help get the parking ban lifted. On my street both curbs need a little edging up on.

Agreed. Main streets look good. Side streets are awful -- especially the lack of plowing closer to the curbs. The piles on each side are at least 5' wide. I give them a 5/10. I was glad to see large trucks taking snow away over the weekend.

I understand that clearing city the size of Salem is a tough job, but it would have been helpful if they could get within, I don't know, five or six feet of the curb?

Between Lafayette and Canal St. I walked the streets.every St. I was on, looked nice and wide.curb to curb.Problems at the end of storm,resdents threw snow back onto street. WHY?

i think the city did ok with the main roads side streets are terrible and the snow bankings are to hight no wounder there hasnt been a accident yet .poor job 1 is all i give wake up salem get it cleaned up we pay enough taxes .

HIghland Ave still needs some work. The entire right hand driving lane is missing in some places. (and I don't mean the extra right lane to pull into shopping malls) . In very unexpected spots heading into Salem from Lynn, the right lane very suddenly disappears!

why are the streets in Salem plowed by the State so much better than the ones done by Salem?

The frequency of the plows was great on out side street. On Friday it seemed like there was one every 15-20 minutes with larger city trucks coming on the hour.

The issue, though, is that you can't just shove the snow aside. It needs to go somewhere, especially when you factor in the wind that undid a bunch of work on Saturday.

So to improve, next time cart away more snow. That will help reduce the size of the curbside piles and mean less work for all in the long run.

2. and did anyone venture into the T commuter lot this morining? WORST plow job EVER!

I would say terrible - we drove from Salem into Peabody yesterday and immediately could tell where the town line was because Peabody's streets were plowed down to the pavement (or at least salted so they were). Salem's main streets were still pretty full of snow and the side streets are horrible. Not sure where everyone is going to park since we can only get a car up the street due to its width...I give them a 4 since they did actually plow the streets...and they are drivable (mostly)

Salem is directly on the coast and got the brunt of the storm. Much harder to plow. Peabody is more inland. I give Salem a ten because I like the no parking on the street due to no room.

For the first storm ever the plows were going up and down Wisteria St. every half hour or so. I think they did a great job considering the enormity of the storm. I drove into Marblehead on Sunday...now that was a horrible plow job. All the streets in Marblehead were nearly impassible. I noticed the problems starting on Salem streets after the storm because people shoveled / blew the snow into the streets.

Terrible rating for this storm! The City appeared to be well-prepared for this storm -- all residents complied with the off-street parking so plows would be able to clear the streets curb-to-curb. DID NOT HAPPEN on Japonica Street! Before the storm even began, there were plows seen on Japonica Street but then none for the day following the storm nor the day after that. The street is an awful mess and there definitely was NO CURB-TO-CURB plowing. The street wasn't even treated! Residents of Japonica Street cannot drive up or down the street. Cars are getting stuck and God forbid if there an emergency. Firetrucks will not be able to get down the street! If the City is going to enforce off-street parking for curb-to-curb plowing, then it should be done as specified. All the residents complied by promptly removing the snow from their property, sidewalks and cleared the hydrants but the City of Salem DID NOT clear the street curb to curb nor did they 'treat' the street with sand/salt. Whoever was hired for this blizzard, should be reprimanded. They did an awful job. Hopefully the street will be plowed curb-to-curb soon and the street will be treated properly so cars can drive without getting stuck.

did salem forget about the ferry parking lot..... so many people standing there 1 trying to find their car 2 scratching their heads not knowing where to begin....i saw a plow truck pulll in back up and leave.... i dont think salem did a good job with plowing in regards to the ferry

I blame the mayor for allowing the storm to dump 25" of snow. She should have prevented it from coming and disrupting our lives. I sure hope she can stop a earthquake !

After a year and a half of almost no snow,how long will it be before the mayor says she needs to find the money for the cleanup? I paid my share so don't tell me you didn't save it?

I have to agree that Japonica is a mess. There is only room for one car and its a two way street. The bankings are high because there was no where to put the snow and it was never plowed curb to curb. Not even close. They finally came late today and cleared a single path to bare ground. They also cleaned up the streets above that come in from tremont and school but its still dangerous.

I can't believe you people. Anyone who lived through the storm of 78 will tell you we had so much snow in the streets the national guard had to bring giant bulldozers to clean them. We had 1 week of no work, no school, and no power. And we also had a great time walking all over Salem with beer on the snowbanks and people were so friendly and each helping our nieghbor. Today it's a selfish generation of me 1st attitudes who don't have clue what a real disaster is.Just saying.

Ms. Casey, the people in NJ and NY would like to have a car, a home, after there storm. A parking spot??? Thats it?? We go through a few days of discomfort. They are still after months still in lets say discomfort. I think you should call the mayor and tell her your upset with her for allowing a snowstorm to take away your parking spots.

My only complaint CURB TO CURB. When I plowed for Salem years ago we went CURB TO CURB or we wouldn't have a job. Reason for CURB TO CURB is back to back storms. This would also save extra trips after storm which adds to cost of storm.
DOWN TOWN (9) SIDE STREETS (3)

I thought the small side streets in the historic district were difficult to plow but done well on Sunday. The main streets on sat were not as good as i expected once the ban was lifted

The city did a great job. Keeping the cars off the street helped immensely. It was a very challenging job, so lighten up folks. We'll put you in charge for the next one and see how you big talkers do. Kudos to the mayor and her whole team.

I must say that I am unhappy with the state of our little one way side street as well as the ferry parking lot. I figured that they extended the parking ban those extra hours so that they could, after doing the major cleanup, then go back and complete curb to curb plowing on the secondary roads. I guess that was not the case. Not sure we'll be able to park at all, anywhere on our street until this all melts.

Part of the reason that the ferry lot was such a mess was that people parked there in non-spaces once all the marked spaces were taken - thus blocking plow access and their neighbor's exit. Hopefully they were ticketed for that.

“Any vehicles parked on a street that limits or impedes travel by emergency vehicles or others will be ticketed and towed,” read the email. “We are asking residents to use common sense when it comes to parking on street as many narrow roads and others with high snow piles may not allow for safe parking.” Another example of this. A truck parked all night blocking half the street. No Tow, no ticket. You can't ask people to use common sense when they have no sense.

I think the city missed the boat with the opportunity given by the Governor during the transit ban. I'm not a curmudgeon and realize this was a major storm but just over the Salem-Beverly bridge on Sunday I was astounded by the fantastic job done by Beverly to clear ALL streets and not just to be passable. Down to the bare pavement with plenty of room on either side. Kudos to Beverly and perhaps Salem officials should take a page out of their book.

2 feet is quite a large storm.......that being said, Salem dropped the ball when it came to taking advantage of the state wide travel ban and city parking ban throughout the weekend. I rate the overall job of clearing the city a 5 out of 10. Did the contractors knock off Saturday morning? Is there an existing city wide plan in dealing with clearing or roads and sidewalks during severe storms??? Is there someone who supervises and or or coordinates the overall effort. The MBTA did a HORRIBLE JOB on the commuter lot.

I shoveled out my own spot on the commuter rail lot yesterday. It pays ($4.00) to have a shovel in your car, and getting there early enough to shovel enough snow to park your car in a real space.