Town of Seekonk Snow Plowing

Snow Plowing Info

1) A parking ban is in effect for every winter storm, even for small amounts of snow.  Vehicles obstructing the plowing or operation will be removed at the owner’s expense.

(Seekonk Police Department Violation # 17)

2) Main and secondary roads are the primary concern during and immediately following a storm event and are plowed first.

3) We do not plow side streets and plats every storm, typically only after 2 or more inches of snow.

4) Please be patient, we can only plow one street at a time and it can take up to 8 hours to complete snowplowing after it stops snowing.  Platted areas and side streets will be plowed only after all main and secondary roads have been cleared.

5) It is illegal to put snow back in the road.  Do not shovel, blow, or plow snow into the street. This is a $150.00 fine per violation (Seekonk By-Law category 19) The Homeowner is responsible to inform any contractor of this by-law.

6) If you have an emergency, call 911.  Dispatch will contact Public Works and we can coordinate the proper equipment to facilitate the emergency.

7) It is the town’s policy that we DO NOT repair mail boxes knocked over by plowed snow.

8) It is the town’s policy that we DO NOT repair sprinklers placed in the right-of-way that may be damaged during a snow plowing operation.

9) If it snows on your trash day place your recycling bins and trash bags away from the edge of the road.  We DO NOT plow around bins and bags and we CAN NOT stop to pick up spilled bins or trash bags.  Our primary objective is to open the road to its full width when we

10) Please move all basketball hoops or other obstructions off and away from the road.  The Town will not repair or replace any broken equipment left in the Town right-of-way.  If the obstruction damages our vehicle, the owner will be responsible for the repair of the vehicle that was damaged.  (Seekonk By-Law category 36)

In general our main objective is to plow our main and secondary roads to assure that emergency vehicles have access to any road where a true emergency condition exists.    Drivers are reminded to drive to the current conditions of the road and note that there will be many instances were plowing to bare pavement cannot be achieved. 

This information can be found on he Town’s website @ seekonk-ma.gov