When private contractors arrived late Saturday to plow resident driveways, they were confronted with a completely unplowed street. Despite the depth of the snow, they managed to get enough of a lane cut to do their work. As of today at 1:00pm, only four-wheel drive vehicles were able to get through.

Our driveway is at the end of a dead end road (Allan Ave). When our road was plowed the plow pushed all the snow from our street in front of our driveway. There was about a seven foot wall of snow that blocked our cars in our driveway. Sgt. McLean responded to my call very quickly and had the DPW plow there to help us. I am sick and pregnant and was worried about not being able to get out of our driveway. The sgt did a wonderful job and my family and I are very grateful. -the Goldbergs

I guess I should call Sgt McLean, not the DPW since they answered the phone but hung up on me when I complained. I understand they have a lot to do but really, to block walkways and driveways (both my walkway and driveway were completely plowed in) when there is no great hurry this afternoon feels really unacceptable - almost as bad as being hung up on!!

Please everyone remember to shovel out your fire hydrants too!
I hope everyone gets plowed out soon-

I live in a small neighborhood and on Saturday, many of us on my street, including myself, had JUST dug out from all the snow that a plow (not a town plow) had pushed and piled in front of our driveways in the middle of the night (I was up - I saw the plow and saw what the driver was doing). Our street was a mess. The same plow truck came back on Saturday and the driver could clearly see ALL the driveways had been cleared of snow, and many of us were outside when he came back, and don't you know that driver just ignored us and plowed us all back in! Worse, he just pushed the snow along the street and left it in huge piles ON THE STREET! AWFUL! And it wasn't even a plow company - it was a tree service -- the guy driving the plow was HORRIBLE! He didn't even care what he had done, he ignored all of us standing there stunned and he certainly hasn't come back to clean up the mess he left!

I totally understand that there are massive amounts of snow to be moving around but the driveway issue is a real problem. If Sudbury is using outside services to help, they should do it right. After taking care of my own walkway and driveway, I noticed that one of my senior neighbors driveway had been plowed to the surface by their own service but the street plow driver had also plowed the driveway in so they cannot possibly get over the snow in a car. I tried (and another neighbor did too) but it was just to heavy and full of ice to get it all off. I left another message for DPW - hope they can help them out better than I was able to. I wish I loved to ski - then maybe I would be happier about snow!!

Questions: Boston Public schools are closed; Framingham is closed and Ashland is closed because streets and sidewalks are still not clear or safe. Are all the streets/sidewalks around the neighborhoods leading to Sudbury schools already cleared of snow and salted/sanded for kids to walk safely to or from school tomorrow? Snowbanks flattened for drivers coming and going from schools to see safely on either side? ditto for parking lots in the schools? rob- any information on this?

For AnneMarie Taylor. I guess we all come at this through our own perspective. I am not asking anyone to be a "servant" as you describe. After shoveling for hours, I just would appreciate not having 6 feet of snow and ice pushed up onto my shoveled out walkway and driveway. I also feel for my senior neighbors who had a snow plow service clear their driveway only to have a huge ridge of icy snow cover the exit to their driveway, locking them in. And, I don't appreciate being hung up on by the person that answered the phone at DPW because I was upset and complaining. I acknowledged that I understand the amount of snow there is to deal with. Hanging up on me is uncalled for.

Sudbury K-8 will have a delay start tomorrow. Phone call said buses would be one-hour later.

Hi AnneMarie. I thank you for your suggestion. Unfortunately, waiting to call on Monday to ask to undo what was done will not get me out in time for my responsibilities that I am accountable for in the morning. I don't hang up on people, no matter what they say to me so I can safely say I follow your advice on how to treat people and why I didn't appreciate that response. I do give great kudos to the Majority of people who work hard to get their job (that they are paid to do) done when these events out of the ordinary take place. Please take the time to read the comment above about the plow driver ignoring the group of neighbors. I am pretty sure that keeping driveways clear is not too much to ask of plow drivers moving snow around. I know every time I have asked a driver that is out plowing, they are more than willing to do what they can to avoid my driveway and walkway - it's when I miss them as they come on my street that the problem occurs. Last point. Thank you to those that do their best and work hard to keep Sudbury running smoothly. Sorry to those few that do only the minimum without concern for how it affects others. (This is true in just about everything in life, isn't it AnneMarie?)

I am pleased to report that the plows came through late this afternoon and cleared Pendleton Road. I am grateful for the response, even if a bit later than normal given the size of the storm. To the lady who thinks we have servants, I offer the following:
I have a shovel and snowblower which I used from 9 am to 2pm on Saturday, three kids in college who aren't here to help out, I have heart disease and a heart stent. I pay my taxes (which aren't cheap) and expect after two years of NO snow, that our town would be ready for the storm given the advance warning we got. As it is, we buy bottled water because the water we get from our faucet is brown. We pay to have our trash removed. We pay to have our kids take a bus to school. We pay for school fees for just about every activity Now you want me to plow my street. Give me a break.

Mr. Pagano and JT who won't even give his/her name: I also pay taxes for services. That is not the point. I did not say you should "plow your street" I merely think that you should give some thought to the people who do. I have no children at home to shovel my driveway and in fact I am not yet shoveled out. But I am not complaining about the response of the workers. They have done their best given the situation. Besides making sure that the town has enough sand and salt and that the trucks are fully repaired what else could the town do to prepare? Its not like the drivers could go out and plow before the snow came. Once the snow comes then the drivers go out and plow. This was a lot of snow to move around and the drivers were out doing their best for a very long period of time.

Wow. We here on Barnet Road must be very lucky. I applaud the cleanup on my street and the plow guy even cleared the area by the mailbox after he finished the cul-de-sac as he and my husband were out there at the same time. My husband had his snow blower and went well past the entry to our driveway in anticipation of the plow who would be coming with more snow. He said he was so impressed by the good nature of the contractor the town had hired. Thanks for all the hard work!

Snow plowing is not exact science. As a town employee or contractor for the town or State(rt 20), your job during the storm is to push snow to the edge of the road, to keep it open for emergency vehicles and to keep ahead of the snow fall if possible. There is no way a snow plow cannot put the "snow bank" in front of our driveways. We shovel and snowblow to keep up with it, but understand, if you shovel or snowblow your driveway before the town or state is done with the street, they will put another snow bank up. It is how the snow plows are designed. The town and its contractors, cant be responsible to clean out the end of your driveway. My advice to you is wait till the town is done plowing, then clean up the end. If you don't like that option, hire a snow plowing service, they will keep your driveway open so you can go to work. Don't like that option? Move to southern Florida, Texas, Arizona or New Mexico. I have plowed snow, understand your anger and frustration, but was being paid to do a job.

And no, I don't work or plow for the town of Sudbury. One more thought, plow drivers are worked longer hours than legally allowed by the state and federal government. There is no "sleep" break. If you were lucky you catch a few z's in the wee hours of the morning. How much do you think our taxes would be if they followed U.S Dept. of Labor regulations, split the shifts up, (forcing multiple employees for each truck) and add the amount of trucks that would be needed to plow the streets, and clean the snow banks out of the end of our driveways?

bravo well said erich