Norwalk Snow Emergency To Be Lifted At 5 P.M. Friday: Mayor

NORWALK, CT — The city will lift its current snow emergency at 5 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 19, according to Mayor Harry Rilling, as the winter storm that began on Thursday wanes in Norwalk and the rest of the area.

Norwalk Public Schools were on a remote learning schedule again on Friday, as a result of the storm, which also temporarily delayed coronavirus testing in the city Friday morning.

All plow routes in the city (main and secondary roads) should be completed, but crews will be on standby monitoring road conditions through the evening rush hour commute.

Road crews will be monitoring conditions on Saturday and performing additional cleanup as needed, Rilling added. Additionally, vehicles that were parked for free in the Yankee Doodle and Maritime Garages must be removed by 5 p.m. Friday.

Norwalk City Hall and all city facilities are open, and city and school parking lots and sidewalks have been cleared. Crews are scheduled to return to those areas again Friday night to re-treat pavement to help alleviate freezing.

Also, from Rilling's announcement:

• All Thursday City garbage and recycling routes have now been collected. Friday collection is ongoing and will be completed today. Residents who may have a missed collection are asked to contact Norwalk Customer Service at (203) 854-3200 or customerservice@norwalkct.org.
• Residents and property owners are reminded that they must clear sidewalks abutting their property.
• COVID-19 testing at Veteran’s Park is now open. Testing operations over the weekend at the Park should not be impacted.
• COVID-19 testing at Brien McMahon High School Saturday, February 20, from 1pm-4pm remains on schedule.