The Winter of Zero Visibility Tom Reynolds & Shawn Patterson Town of Marshfield, MA Marc Valenti Town of Lexington, MA Insert Marshfield Picture Here Daniel Nee City of Boston, MA Who is: Town of Lexington City of Boston Town of Marshfield Did We have a Plan? Did We Prepare for the Worst? Did it Work? Did We put Humpty Dumpty Back together Again? 1
Notable Statistics How Many Championships do we have? RED SOX 8 World Series BRUINS 6 Stanley Cups CELTICS 17 World Championships PATRIOTS 4 Super Bowls TOTAL: 35 Lexington, Massachusetts Birthplace of America 31,394 residents About 12,000 households served daily (M-F) for trash/recycling collections Average snowfall of 50 inches per year 16.6 square miles 151 curb miles and 284 lane miles of roadway Average Residential Tax bill was $12,191 in 2015 2
Boston, Massachusetts Capital and largest City in Massachusetts 655,000 residents (2014) 60,000 households served daily (M-F) for trash/recycling collections Average snowfall of 43.8 inches per year 48 square miles 850 curb miles and 2,000 lane miles of roadway Home to the first subway system (1897) Marshfield, Massachusetts Home of Daniel Webster Winter Population - 27,000 residents Summer Population - 60,000 residents 9,400 homes served daily for trash and recycling Average snowfall of 47 inches per year 33 square miles of area 204.10 total miles of road in Marshfield 651 total roads in Marshfield 3
So Close, But So Far Away When Talking Weather Lexington Boston Marshfield Distances Lexington to Boston 10.5 Miles Boston to Marshfield 24.5 Miles Lexington to Marshfield 36 Miles So Close, But So Far Away When Talking Weather Lexington Boston Marshfield Climate Differences Lexington MetroWest, Elevation Increase Boston Ocean Effect, with Harbor Protection Marshfield Coastal Erosion 4
Did We have a Plan? We Thought So Jan. 25 th Forecast 5
January 26, 2015 Weather Forecast for Boston Area 17 24 of Snow in Forecast We got 28 Snowfall rates between 2-4 per hour Did We Prepare for the Worst? We thought So then We Declared Shenanigans 6
February 2 nd Forecast February 9 th Forecast LATEST STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL PROJECTIONS FROM SAT. THROUGH TONIGHT MAXIMUM OF JUST OVER 2 FEET EXPECTED ON BOSTON S SOUTH SHORE, WHERE GETTING STRONG CONVERGENCE WITH COASTAL FRONT 7
February 13 th Forecast 15 Day Forecast on Feb 12 th for Lexington Add it up 25 46 of Snow in Forecast It OK, we only got 24 8
Did it Work? L Street, South Boston During & After 9
Parking in Boston - Space Savers Feb 9 th 2015 Taft Ave. Sept. 15 th 2015 10
Public Safety Issues Residential Snow Removal 11
South Boston Street Reconfiguration Feb 15 th 2015 Johnson Farm Road September 22 nd 2015 12
Dead End Snow Removal Open Space Snow Removal Operations 13
NYC 135 Ton Snowmelter Tide Street Snow Farm February 6 th 14
Tide Street February 20 th Tide Street March 24 th 15
Tide Street Snow Farm from the Boston Harbor Drydock South Boston Waterfront 16
Drydock February 20 th Not So Drydock 17
DryDock Melting March 20 th Drydock March 23 rd 18
Feb 15 th 2015 Massachusetts Ave. September 22 nd 2015 Feb 15 th 2015 Massachusetts Ave. September 22 nd 2015 19
Feb 15 th 2015 Laconia Street September 22 nd 2015 Seawall Failure 20
Coastal Beach Erosion Flooding 21
Did We put Humpty Dumpty Back together Again? 22
Urban Snow Removal Residuals Coastal Beach Erosion & Moon Tide Surcharges 23
Seawall Reconstruction in 2015 Notable City of Boston 2015 Snow Statistics Non-recovering temperatures in Boston from January 26th through March 9 th 40,000 truck loads of snow were removed from Boston s main thoroughfares 11 snow farms utilized Citywide 100,000 tons of snow melted 74,000 gallons diesel fuel to maintain melters The Tide Street snow farm melted on July 14, 2015 144% deficit in snow/ice control budget by season s end In 2015, we had 10 acres of snow farming capacity. 72% surplus of snow/ice control budget prior to 1/26/15 storm At 10-15 feet high 40,000 truck loads of snow translates to 44 acres of land 24
Notable Town of Marshfield 2015 Snow Statistics 11 homes deemed unsafe for habitation after the January 2015 blizzard 2 homes condemned Cleanup of coastal areas after winter of 2015 4 weeks of cleanup 2000 tons of debris removed from Brant Rock 85% of the cleanup was done by Town of Marshfield DPW Seawall damage and repairs On going estimated in the millions Notable Town of Marshfield 2015 Snow Statistics 87 ½ in 4 weeks (7, 28,15,17, 18 ¾ ) 2014 2015 TOTAL Snowfall 105 INCHES Water Main Breaks 10 in four weeks Plow 9 schools, 3 municipal lots and 64 miles of sidewalk in addition to Roads Back to school in 24 hours or less Great Molasses Flood of 2015 25
THANK YOU!!! Danny Nee Highway Supervisor City of Boston, MA Shawn Patterson Deputy DPW Superintendent Town of Marshfield, MA Marc Valenti Highway, Equipment &Drains Superintendent Lexington, MA QUESTIONS??? Tom Reynolds DPW Superintendent Town of Marshfield, MA 26