Snow Emergency Declared In Haverford Township

HAVERFORD TOWNSHIP, PA — Officials in Haverford Township are enacting a snow emergency due to the Nor'easter that has arrived in the Philadelphia region.

According to a news release from the township, the snow emergency will begin at 3 p.m. Wednesday and be lifted at 3 p.m. Thursday. However, the declaration could be lifted or extended depending on the situation, officials said.

Below are rules residents must follow during a snow emergency:

• Parking a motor vehicle or allowing a motor vehicle to remain parked on any Snow Emergency Route (see attached for a list of Snow Emergency Routes in Haverford Township); or;
• driving any vehicle on a Snow Emergency Route unless the vehicle is equipped with snow tires, chains, or other suitable traction devices; or;
• driving any vehicle that becomes stuck on any Snow Emergency Route during a Snow Emergency due to the failure to equip that vehicle with snow tires, chains, or other suitable traction devices.

Due to the declaration, trash and recycling collections set for Thursday are suspended. Residents whose materials are collected Thursday will have recycling picked up Monday and trash on Tuesday next week.

Additionally, residents are responsible to clear snow, sleet, and ice from the sidewalks in front of their property no more than 24 hours after a storm.

When removing snow, resident are reminded to not put any snow in roads, streets, sidewalks, or alleys.

Parking in cul-de-sacs is discouraged, and anyone who must park in a cul-de-sac or leave your vehicle on or near a highway is required to notify the Haverford Township Police Department by calling 911.

Under normal conditions, it will take the township approximately 8 to 12 hours to complete the
clean up after the storm ends. The township’s first goal is to open one lane of traffic in each direction on every road, then return to plow the snow back to the curb and expose storm inlets.

Residents should not clear the end of their driveways until the storm has ended and the township has plowed roads curb-to-curb.

As for schools, the School District of Haverford Township had students learning virtually Wednesday, and there is no word on if students will return to the hybrid model or remain on the virtual model Thursday.

Below are Snow Emergency Routes in Haverford Township:

• Ardmore Avenue — both sides between County Line and Darby roads
• Brookline Boulevard — both sides from Darby Road to a point 500 feet east thereof
• Burmont Road — both sides, entire length
• College Avenue — both sides, entire length
• Colonial Road — both sides, entire length
• Coopertown Road — both sides, entire length
• Darby Road — both sides, entire length
• Drexel Avenue — both sides, entire length
• Eagle Road — both sides, entire length
• Earlington Road — both sides, entire length
• Ellis Road — both sides, from Lawrence Road to Ardmore Avenue
• Glendale Road — both sides, entire length
• Haverford Road — both sides, entire length
• Landover Road — south side, entire length
• Lawrence Road — both sides, between Eagle Road and West Chester Pike
• Manoa Road — both sides, entire length
• Marple Road — both sides, entire length
• Mill Road — both sides, between Earlington and Darby roads
• Township Line Road — north side, entire length
• West Chester Pike — both sides, entire length
• Wynnewood Road — both sides, entire length