Senator Joyce sent out the following earlier today:

I write today to give you an update on snow removal in our town. According to the Blue Hill Observatory, we have had the snowiest January and February since 1886, as well as the greatest snow depth at the Observatory since 1895. We have been faced with several back to back snow storms, with more bad weather expected Sunday, and I’d like to commend town officials and workers for an extraordinary effort on our behalf.

To date, the Milton Department of Public Works, led by Director Joe Lynch, and the Board of Selectmen have secured assistance from the Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency and the National Guard. The assistance has included dump trucks, backhoes, front end loaders, and National Guard snow shoveling teams. We have also secured assistance from detainees of the Massachusetts Trial Courts. Joe’s efforts to ensure additional snow removal resources at no cost to the town are commendable.

Towns across the state have been tasked with handling the immense snow fall, and Milton has risen to the challenge. The DPW director and his team, the Milton Police Department, led by Chief Richard Wells, and the Milton Fire Department, led by Chief Jack Grant, have all worked long hours to make our streets safe and accessible for emergency vehicles.

Hopefully, we can all hang on until Spring.

. . . and Selectman Denis Keohane posted the following on Facebook earlier this afternoon:

UPDATE: I hope I’m not being a pest with all of these updates but I feel it’s important for residents to hear it officially.

Mutual aid from outside sources is currently suspended – Pennsylvania Turnpike Authority left yesterday. Maryland T.A left last night. The Army National Guard were reassigned by Governor Baker to the MBTA effort until further notice. We still have our contractors and DPW widening roadways especially at corners.
I had a meeting with both our DPW director and assistant director at 1030 am this morning and I gave them the list of streets that many of you sent me yesterday to be cleared and widened as well as corners. They will get to all of them eventually.

Finally, much of the focus for the next couple of days is snow blowing sidewalk routes to all of our schools in preparation for Monday’s re-opening – this is a priority. Hope this helps.