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When a Snow Emergency Plan is in effect for Harford County:

• Vehicles traveling on the roads must be equipped with snow or all-weather radial tires or chains;
• No parking is permitted along designated Snow Emergency Routes.

• Private roads
• Roads within the incorporated municipalities (Town of Bel Air, City of Havre de Grace, and City of Aberdeen)
• State roads (numbered routes i.e. Maryland Route 543 or Fountain Green Road)
• and I-95

Volunteers are needed during major snowstorms. If you have a four-wheel drive vehicle or can help disabled residents in your neighborhood by shoveling snow, please call the County's Volunteer Connection at 410.638.4444.

If you are interested in participating in the Citizen Corps Activities, please call 410.638.4444 or visit us on the web at http://www.harfordcountymd.gov/volunteer/

• If you have a driveway, please use it - especially if you live on a cul-de-sac.
• If you do not have a driveway, park as close to the curb as possible on one side of the road. Park your car on the even numbered side, if possible. Move to the other side of the road after the plow has cleared it.
• To help avoid frustration that occurs when a snowplow covers your driveway with snow after you have shoveled, stand facing the road and shovel snow to the right into the yard instead of into the road.

Keep Vehicles off the Road	Park on One Side of Road	Do Not Park in This Manner

• For a 0-6" snowfall, you can expect it to take 8-16 hours following the end of a snowfall to plow and/or treat every county road once.
• For a 6-12" snowfall, you can expect county roads to be cleared within 24-36 hours. At that time, one pass should have been made through all county roads.
• Conversely, more snow, longer time frame. However the type of snow (wet or powdery) and the temperature and wind conditions following the storm can alter this schedule.
• In Harford County, snow removal covers:
  - 67 Routes at an average of 16 miles in length;
  - 2,017 County roads for a cumulative distance of 980 miles.
  - 4 Highways' Districts service Harford County, averaging 230 miles/District.

Please be patient! Roads are plowed according to their priority and reviewed at the end of each season. Snow fighters work around the clock until all County maintained roads are passable.