Village of Niles responds to winter’s second major snowstorm
By TRACY GRUEN Contributor January 23, 2012 5:18PM
Park Ridge kids Katie Wolinski, Jessica Altman, Kelly Wolinski, Kara Wolinski and Brad Altman stand with the snowmen (and snow dog) they created on Jan. 16. | Contributed photo
Updated: February 27, 2012 8:36AM
Niles Public Works employees worked nearly around the clock until about 3 a.m. Jan. 21 following the major snowstorm that blanketed the town in white on Jan. 20.
Niles received about 7.5 inches of snow on Jan. 20, according to Niles Public Works Director Scott Jochim.
“We had all our guys out and we brought out a couple of the retired guys,” Jochim said.
As of Jan. 23, Jochim said, the village was still figuring out how much salt it used in last week’s storm. He said the village still has plenty of salt in its salt dome.
Jochim said Public Works employees were also faced with a couple of water-main breaks that occurred before the hardest part of the storm coming down.
“It always puts a damper on things,” Jochim said of the water-main breaks.
Niles Police Sgt. Robert Tornabene said eight accidents were storm-related, but that no severe injuries and no fatalities occurred.
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