WASHINGTON 鈥斅燜airfax County Board of Supervisors Chairwoman Sharon Bulova says she鈥檚 well aware that many residential streets in the county remain unplowed on Tuesday morning, more than 48 hours after the snow stopped falling. And that she鈥檚 鈥渃onstantly鈥� in contact with the Virginia Department of Transportation to find out its progress.
The problem, she says, is simply the overwhelming amount of snow. Getting the roads clear is 鈥渁 challenge,鈥� she says, 鈥渁nd we have lots of them.鈥�
VDOT announced Tuesday morning that its goal was for all subdivisions to have at least one passable lane by 6 a.m. Wednesday. Bulova reminded listeners they can follow the progress of the snowplows at , but acknowledged that 鈥渨hat you can see is where the plows are right now; you can鈥檛 really tell from that site where the plows have been.鈥�
Or where they鈥檙e headed, for that matter, which Bulova acknowledges can be frustrating when you鈥檙e 鈥渟tuck behind a 30-inch wall of snow,鈥� especially when you鈥檙e just off a main road that鈥檚 down to bare pavement.
鈥淚 can see what people are frustrated with.鈥�
Bulova says that Fairfax County comprises 400 square miles, with 鈥渓iterally thousands鈥� of small neighborhood streets.
鈥淚f we were a nice, neat, little tiny town or a tiny city, it would not be as challenging as it is.鈥�
She says that people can contact her office, which is 鈥渞esponding to people and relaying information to VDOT constantly, and we鈥檒l keep doing so.鈥� She鈥檚 at 703-324-2321, or you can email Chairman@fairfaxcounty.gov.
鈥淲e鈥檙e not the ones who actually clear the streets 鈥� but we have contact information that is helping us to make sure that we get information directly into the hands of the VDOT folks.鈥�
She adds that she鈥檚 seen people working together to dig out their own sidewalks and neighborhoods, and says, 鈥淭hey鈥檙e doing a super job.鈥�
If you鈥檙e doing that, though, she says, it鈥檚 important to open up the storm drains.
鈥淚t鈥檚 important that the water has a place to go.鈥�
