Cleanup After Blizzard of 2013 Continues in Norton
Sidewalks to be cleaned Tuesday, flooding the top priority.
The blizzard of 2013 hit Norton hard over the weekend, and town officials say the cleanup is continuing. Norton town manager Michael Yunits said as of Monday the primary concern is clearing out Norton’s catch basins to reduce the chance of flooding. “Right now, they’re concentrating to uncover some of the catch basins unfortunately because of the rain,” he said. “That’ll put off some of the sidewalks until [Tuesday].” He added that the DPW is actively looking at the low areas in town that have been known to flood in the past. “They’re targeting the low areas, the areas that have had flooding before,” he said. Yunits said that the town responded well to the storm. Only minor roads were impassable immediately following the blizzard. “It did …
