Oswego deals with snowiest season in years, snow banks top seven feet

Oswego, N.Y. — When you hear the sounds of plows and front loaders, you know it is that time of year again in the city of Oswego.

This winter has brought wave after wave of snow — burying the city streets and creating tough conditions for drivers. Crews have been working continuously to clear the streets, but it is not just road surfaces that are a safety concern. 

The street corners, like the corner of East Bridge St. and East 7th St., are causing issues for drivers. The snow is all the way up to the top of the stop sign. That is seven feet of snow at the corner, creating blind spots for drivers.

The snowbanks are also piling up at Breitbeck Park, where a sign bearing the name of the Mayor of Oswego, Rob Corradino, stands. According to Mayor Corradino, crews have started to take care of some of the snowbanks at their most congested intersections.

“The city of Oswego has about 100 miles of roads. They’re doing their best to clear some of the more major intersections,” Corradino said. “We probably won’t get to all the neighborhood intersections, but you know, a lot of the highly traveled or priority areas we’re going to clear.”

Although Mayor Corradino believes this is the most snow he has seen in the past few years, he said that it does not compare to some of the snowstorms of his childhood.

“Don’t laugh, but I remember the winter of ’66, when we had seen seven days of school off, because we got about 102 inches of snow in the winter of ’66. Truthfully, the piles of snow in front of my house remind me of the winters of my youth.”

According to the National Weather Service, temperatures in Oswego are expected to be above freezing for the next several days, but only by a few degrees.