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We have 3-4 inches here, which is not much for a huge winter storm. But we're in the 70-80 inch range for the season, which is close to three times normal. I just received our bill from the company that plows our subdivision (we're on private roads - it's the only way to get a subdivision paved in a state that's pretty much on life support when it comes to infrastructure maintenance).
Normally, we never even approach our cap under our plowing contract. We just pay in five installments. Our February bill is 60% over our normal bill for the entire year. Salt costs more now - it's in short supply. It's crazy. We're going to have to do a special assessment in the subdivision to pay for all of this. And we'll probably have to get the pavement people out early to seal cracks and do some repairs.
In general, because our state has greatly reduced maintenance on the infrastructure, pothole season will probably be even worse for cars than this winter has been.
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