Restrict parking ahead of weekend storm

Cold Spring and Nelsonville have issued parking restrictions due to pending snowfall, and Cold Spring on Jan. 23 declared a storm emergency from Sunday to Tuesday.

Putnam County Executive Kevin Byrne declared a state of emergency effective 12:01 a.m. Sunday and asked people to "stay off the roads during the duration of the storm, allowing county, town and village highway crews, police and fire personnel and other essential service providers to do their jobs."

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In Cold Spring, no parking will be allowed on village streets between 5 a.m. Sunday and 8 a.m. Tuesday to enable plow access. For updates, call 845-747-7669.

Update (Jan. 27)

Parking restrictions were extended to 7 a.m. Wednesday. The following daylight hours restrictions apply during clean-up: Major paths for first responders, areas around the school, and Main Street, continue to be prioritized for snow removal.

Cleared for daytime parking: South side of Main Street; north side of Main Street from Route 9D to Fair Street; Church Street; Garden Street; west side of Cedar Street.

Clean-up will continue on Wednesday prioritizing Locust, Fair, Market between New Street and Lower Main Street, Furnace, Kemble between Main Street and Wall/Rock streets), Orchard and Stone.

In addition, the village said no parking will be permitted on either side of the following narrow streets from 5 a.m. Sunday until village crews can complete snow removal: Furnace Street, Garden Street, Kemble Avenue (from Rock Street/Wall Street to Main Street), Locust Ridge, Market Street (from New Street to Lower Main Street) and Stone Street.

The village said the following streets will be marked with temporary no parking signs: Academy Street, Church Street, Main Street (from Route 9D/Chestnut Street/Morris Avenue to Lunn Terrace) and Orchard Street. It said crews will remove snow on one side, then move the signs to the opposite side of the street.

Alternative parking is available at the American Legion lot on Cedar Street (south end only; do not use the Ambulance Corps spaces); the Haldane ballfields lot on Route 9D (no permit is required during snow emergencies); the village lots on Kemble Avenue, The Boulevard and New Street; and the Fair Street municipal lot.

Nelsonville has restricted parking all day on Sunday and Monday, with emergency parking available on Adams Avenue and on the west side of the Secor Street lot. On Monday, the village said that crews would remove snow from Division Street and Pearl Street on Tuesday.

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