VDOT Cleared Major Roads but Ignored Neighborhoods – Time to Complain?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I live in McLean (22101) and the neighborhoods haven’t been plowed at all.

Also live in 22101 just south of Dolley Madison. We were plowed yesterday but the roads look fairly icy. I’ve seen lots of big 4WD or AWDs on the neighborhood streets today but not smaller cars.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:No.

It is not time to complain

Make some coffee, open some wine and enjoy this special time with your kids. They will be teenagers before you know it and won't want to hang out with you. Soon, you will miss the snow day days.

What? I’m not that poster but this is a safety issue. Our road is a mess. If I had little kids, I would be worry cars would be sliding and hitting them. Now we all have to get to work, except my youngest teen who is enjoying the snow days.

Check this map and see if your neighborhood is marked complete. If it is not, then you need to wait. If it marked finished and not done then it is time to complain. I have put in complaints online to VDOT and they have responded when we are marked plowed and are not. https://plow4va.vdot.virginia.gov/public/map?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAAR0XxJzylX1ON4_YL5REz3hnAtSixF3cxx-ahP3DaaeSr31tDE6hFyt60oU_aem_iEiEdy709OviERSSbpC4BA

[Anonymous]

Take advantage of the low traffic and icy roads to go out with youe teenagers to teach them how to start, stop, accelerate and turn on icy roads.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:
While you are drinking wine, your kids can do more productive things.

https://www.fcps.edu/snow-day-and-winter-break-activities-all-ages

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[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Take advantage of the low traffic and icy roads to go out with youe teenagers to teach them how to start, stop, accelerate and turn on icy roads.

Preferably in a parking lot!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Take advantage of the low traffic and icy roads to go out with youe teenagers to teach them how to start, stop, accelerate and turn on icy roads.

Preferably in a parking lot!

Borrow someone's rear wheel drive so the kid can learn how to do a proper donut...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I live in McLean (22101) and the neighborhoods haven’t been plowed at all.

i. In 22101 and our neighborhood had a plow about midway through the storm. It’s passable now.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I live in McLean (22101) and the neighborhoods haven’t been plowed at all.

i. In 22101 and our neighborhood had a plow about midway through the storm. It’s passable now.

I live across Franklin Sherman ES (22101) and the road looks clean since this morning.

[Anonymous]

NP, I live right near Mclean HS, (22101) none of the side streets have been plowed. Yes cars have started driving on them…but they were literally not plowed. We saw one truck go down our steer yesterday with the plow in the air. Yet the map says our neighborhood has been serviced. I get why OP is wondering when and where do we complain.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I live in McLean (22101) and the neighborhoods haven’t been plowed at all.

+1 same zip. No streets have been plowed yet. However, this is par for the course after living here a few decades.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I live in McLean (22101) and the neighborhoods haven’t been plowed at all.

+1 same zip. No streets have been plowed yet. However, this is par for the course after living here a few decades.

+1 someone should hand the truck plow guy a school bus route map and have him get that done.

[Anonymous]

Kirby Rd was done multiple times over, but our neighborhood off of Kirby looks like Siberia. Just went outside and now the slight melt has turned to ice. The never plowed street has a few tracks in it because a couple of 4x4 vehicles traversed it today, but not many. There are lots of walkers to and from the middle school and high school who would have to walk through snow because nothing is cleaned up.

[Anonymous]

They can ice skate down Westmoreland. We will be off all week…I don’t see what a delay will accomplish

[Anonymous]

VDOt said that they basically had to start over with the lull in the snow and then another 1-3 inches. So they plowed the main roads and then had to go back a few hours later and replow, so they are behind.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I wanted to share an observation and see if anyone else is experiencing the same issue. It appears that VDOT has done a thorough job clearing all the major roads after the recent snowstorm, but they haven't touched the neighborhoods yet, including my area. I drove around today, and there were no plows in sight, giving the impression that they've finished their operations.

Is anyone else noticing this in their neighborhood? Should we start reaching out to VDOT to express our concerns or is there typically a delay in clearing the smaller streets that we should just wait out? Any advice or shared experiences would be greatly appreciated!

VDOT is responsible for plowing interstates and state maintained roads. neighborhood roads are the responsibility of the county and/or HOAs (if applicable). So call your elected county officials to complain that your neighborhood hasn't been cleared.