The Milford area, along with most of the state of Delaware, woke up Sunday morning to a blanket of snow with up to four inches reported in the Milford area. The snow ended around noon for most people, but temperatures dropped significantly, and winds increased, leading to poor road conditions as well as power outages throughout the state.
“It has been a hectic morning for our team, and we are so grateful for your patience,” a social media post on the Delaware Electric Co-Op account at 12:30 PM read. “We have restored power to 4,000+ members who lost power in central and western Kent county after our transmission provider dropped service to one of our substations.”
In addition to the weather, a car accident caused damage to a pole in the Harrington area which added to the outages. Storage was restored to 6,000 more customers at 2 PM while crews worked to restore power to 1,000 more after icing caused issues with the power lines in the area. By 3:45 PM, the Co-Op reported only 83 members without electric.
The City of Milford reminds everyone that if snowfall exceeds three inches, residents should relocate their vehicles off the street to allow snowplows to clear roads. Parking is available in downtown city parking lots. Snow and ice must be removed from sidewalks within 24 hours of the snowfall ending. On roads maintained by DelDOT, no parking is allowed after one hour of snowfall.
Streets within the city that are maintained by DelDOT include Northeast and Northwest Front Streets, Southeast Front Street, Lakeview Avenue as well as North and South Walnut Streets.
For the majority of residents, however, the snow created a beautiful backdrop especially with twinkling holiday lights. Children were even allowed some extra time for snowball fights and snowman building as schools in Milford were on a two-hour delay.
