Citywide Emergency Parking Ban in Effect for Peabody

No on-street parking will be allowed until further notice.

The city of Peabody has declared an emergency parking ban today due to the snow storm expected to hit later this afternoon. An alert was issued by the Police Department at 12:17 p.m. Effective immediately, on-street parking is not allowed until further notice. Violators will be ticketed and towed. Weather reports at this time are forecasting snow will begin to fall after 5 p.m. Sleet and freezing rain may also be in the mix this evening and overnight. Peabody may see about 3 inches of snow by tonight. Stay with Peabody Patch for more details on the local forecast.

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Blue Lights System 'Working Excellently' So Far

The true test of the city's new emergency notification and parking ban system, however, will happen when Peabody gets hit with a big snow storm, says Public Services Director Bob Langley.

Public Services Director Bob Langley says the cleanup from Wednesday's storm, which dropped a few inches of snow, went relatively smoothly, although it didn't appear that way earlier in the morning. Peabody Patch received several comments from readers, wondering why the city had instituted an emergency parking ban the night before and then seemingly hadn't been on top of the situation to clear the roads for morning commuters. It also seemed like there was a lack of plow trucks out in operation. Langley said, in fact, that city plow crews did deploy when the storm hit at 5 a.m., but they went to the schools first as the top priority. Unfortunately, rush hour quickly arrived and made it difficult transitioning back to the roads once the …

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Peabody Declares Snow Emergency: No On-Street Parking

No on-street parking will be allowed throughout the city until further notice.

Peabody Declares Snow Emergency: No On-Street Parking

No on-street parking will be allowed throughout the city until further notice.

The Peabody Department of Public Services has issued a snow emergency throughout the city, effective immediately. An automated message from the Police Department says there will be no on-street parking allowed until further notice. The temporary parking ban comes with regional weather forecasts calling for possibly 1-2 inches of snow Wednesday morning. The local prediction for Peabody is about an inch and becoming all rain by mid morning. A Hazardous Weather Outlook from the National Weather Service says the storm is currently on track to stretch from Boston to Providence, R.I. "There is still some uncertainty on where the axis of heavier snow will fall, so these amounts may fluctuate," says the NWS. The fine for violation of the city …

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Snow Emergency Declared in Peabody; On Street Parking Banned Until Further Notice

The city has declared a snow emergency.

Peabody has declared a snow emergency. No on-street parking is allowed until further notice, police say. This marks a use of the city's new parking policy. Earlier this year, the city switched from fixed parking bans on every winter night to a system of declared snow emergency parking bans. For breaking Peabody news as it happens, sign up for the Peabody Patch newsletter.

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