Boston won’t build a mega snow pile this winter
Boston’s plan to clear snow won’t involve piling it sky-high in one location like last winter, Public Works interim commissioner Michael Dennehy told BostInno.
Instead, officials plan to spread out the snow across various city locations to keep the piles at more manageable heights. They have already locked down Terminal Street in Charlestown, Franklin Park Golf Course in Dorchester, and Reservation Road in Hyde Park, BostInno reports.
Last winter, it took until the middle of July for the massive 75-foot snow pile in South Boston to completely melt. As we explained at the time, the density of that snow pile helped insulate the inner snow from heat, keeping the pile cold and compact well into summer.
The pile turned from shining white to dirty brown as the melting pile revealed tons and tons of trash that had been scooped up by snow plows. You can see the increasingly gross result of that in this time-lapse video.
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Dennehy will also hope to have one more advantage this winter.
“From January 25 to March 9, we never got above freezing,’’ he told BostInno. “Mother Nature did not help us melt snow one iota.’’
Gallery: The MBTA’s woes this past winter
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