Snow Delays City’s Plans

Many Southcoast residents were not expecting to have snow in April and weren't happy when they saw flakes falling over the weekend and impacting their morning commute.

As unpleasant as it might be Richard Correira, the Highway Superintendent for the City of New Bedford says that things weren't as bad as they could have been.

"Luckily with it coming this late the road temperatures are pretty warm right now and we're kind of monitoring it by eye," said Correira "we have temperature sensors in our vehicles and luckily nothing's sticking to the main roadways."

However, Corriera says the late snowfall did force the city to hold off on pothole repairs and other projects.

"It puts us a little bit behind on what our plans were for the roadways and potholes and what not," said Corriera "but all in all we're used to this, we're all New Englanders, so we usually give it a couple of weeks into the April month and hopefully this will be the last of it."

Correira also says that with the ground being as warm as it is homeowners won't have to worry as much about burst pipes or similar issues that often occur with drastic changes in temperature.