Reminders of Contracted Snow Removal Services

December 1, 2005 by
Filed under: #05: December 2005 

The service provides for clearance of roads, parking stalls and sidewalks in the priority sequence listed above. Riverbend Drive is a Township road, and therefore, the responsibility of North Brunswick Township to clear. However, since it is a secondary road, the service they provide does not occur for some time. The association’s contractor usually partially clears it just to enable them to perform the service to our community. Except under extreme conditions, the roads will be reasonably cleared by 6:30 a.m. to allow for people to go to work.

A common problem we are always faced with is the fact that cars are not moved from the roadways and parking stalls at the time the contractor is performing the snow clearance. This not only hinders and limits the contractor from performing an effective clean-up, but also exposes cars to potential damage. We urge you to anticipate snowfalls by taking the following precautionary measures:

  Keep cars parked off the main roadways, park in parking stalls. Use your garage to park your car in. Riverbend Drive is a Township Road. If you have complaints about snow removal on Riverbend Drive please call the Township.  
  Park cars facing front forward to ensure easy getaway.  
  Move cars from parking stalls as soon as roadways have been cleared, to an area which least obstructs the snow contractor’s performance. Remember that if all cars are not removed from the court parking spaces the contractor will not clear only one space. This is due to the fact that the remaining car may be damaged. All spaces must be empty for the contractor to clear the court spaces.  
  Do not go out in the severe winter weather unless you absolutely have to. Wait until the clearing has been done in your area. Take some responsibility for your own safety by being cautious during the winter weather. Keep a container of ice melt in your home. If you find an icy condition by your front or rear entrance, be prepared to use a little self-help. Remember that the freeze/thaw cycle takes place for a number of days after the precipitation stops.  
  Any cars that are not moved at the time the contractor is clearing an area, will not be cleared after-the-fact by the contractor. If there are areas that may have been overlooked by the contractor, we would appreciate your immediately calling Executive Property Management’s main office number at (732) 821-3224 to report this information. Please remember that the contractor starts at one end of the community and ends at the other. Someone has to be first and someone has to be last. The contractor will alternate the starting position. Please do not direct the contractor; they cannot leave an area to assist someone else in the complex. They will get to you.  
  The association’s contract does not call for the contractor to dig out cars that have been snowed in. That is each owner’s responsibility. Please do not throw snow from your vehicle back into the court that has already been cleared. It will create a hazardous icing condition.  

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