Dept. of Public Works snow information line 410-887-3560

Residents are asked to call this line for problems related to snow removal.

Emergency managers say please do not call to schedule plowing of your road; drivers follow a priority-driven map.


The County's Winter Storm Center is a comprehensive guide to county activity and services during snowstorms. Tips:

* Please be patient. During an ordinary storm, it takes highways crews 18 to 24 hours after the snow stops to clear all of Baltimore County’s roads. This promises to be an extraordinary storm, and it likely will take longer.

* You do not need to call to have your road plowed. County snowplows follow mapped routes. Snow routes give first priority to clearing main roads, followed by community/subdivision streets, courts and cul-de-sacs.

* Avoid parking on the street, if possible, to make it easier for snowplows to get through.

* Do not shovel or plow snow into the street.

* Snowplows cannot stop at every driveway. Consider waiting until plows have come through at least once before you shovel the end of your driveway.

* Trees and tree limbs that fall on private property are the homeowner’s responsibility

* Residents are responsible for shoveling sidewalks.