Crime & Safety

'Nasty' Storm Could Last 9 Hours

Bloomingdale DPW superintendent said highways are particularly slippery.

Bloomingdale Department of Public Works (DPW) Superintendent Al Gallagher has advised motorists to avoid driving Wednesday night as a winter storm has created hazardous road conditions throughout the area.

"It's nasty out here," Gallagher said as he sat in traffic on Hamburg Turnpike just after 4 p.m.

Gallagher said Route 23 and Route 287 were particularly slippery and that he had seen cars sliding on the roads. Kinnelon and Butler police were unavailable for comment.

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Bloomingdale DPW crews began salting the roadways around 3:30 p.m. when snow started to fall. By 4 p.m., Gallagher said the snow started to mix with sleet as it fell.

Gallagher said the borough's weather advisor has predicted 2 to 4 inches of snow to fall within a nine-hour period. Plow trucks were expected to begin clearing roads Wednesday evening.

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"I would stay off the road. It's only going to get worse," Gallagher said.

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