I tried to leave AP at 2:30 pm today to head back to NY to go to work tomorrow and dig out there as well. This is after digging out 3 cars and a path around my whole corner property - which btw no one else seemed to do.
Asbury Ave was plowed yesterday and finally bond street in the middle of the night. It woke me up and I saw the front loader make a mountain at least 12 feet high in front of my driveway gates. Back to trying to leave AP. First I head down Main St to go to the Quick Check in BB. Halted at Corlies Rte 33. Main St blocked. A state or county road? Turn down Rte 33 and figure go right to GSP. Halted right after memorial. All the cars have to back up because we can't get through. A State or county main road? Disgraceful. It gets better. Try Asbury Ave. Make it to Jimmy's. Fed Ex truck stuck. Back up again. Wander around (go down and back up) several streets. Finally make my way back to Memorial. I try Sunset with success (but slow). Get to Rte 35 and decide better chance there then go back to AP circle and Asbury Ave. Only 1 lane barely open. Going fine and see southbound traffic stuck behind tractor trailers stuck going into Wegmans. We get stuck behind traffic a little north. Hoping to turn left at Rte 36 and get to GSP. Get to Rte 36 intersection around 5 pm. 2.5 hours in car by then. Police won't allow left onto Rte 36 (although south bound 35 are allowed to make right). Continue up Rte 35 north and see southbound traffic backed up for miles. Finally can make left onto Shrewsbury Ave (cleared of snow) and within 15 minutes or so on GSP and sail home. A usual 45-60 minute trip home to SI takes 4 hours. People here on SI complaining about NYC response to snow. But I can tell you that the side street I live on is in better shape than I road I traveled on today in NJ with the exception of Shrewsbury Ave and Newman Springs Road. Shame oon the state of NJ, Monmouth County and the City of Asbury Park and adjoining shore towns. The amount of money spent on public works and pensions and the level of response is disgraceful. I am paying almost $12K in taxes in NJ and I am being robbed. The main routes (33, 71, 35) should have been all completely cleared by today with all lanes open. There is no excuse for this. ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AsburyPark/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AsburyPark/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: asburypark-dig...@yahoogroups.com asburypark-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: asburypark-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/