{"id":100169,"date":"2026-01-29T22:53:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-29T22:53:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/100169\/"},"modified":"2026-01-29T22:53:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-29T22:53:08","slug":"city-of-reading-provides-update-on-ongoing-snow-removal-efforts-reading-area","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/100169\/","title":{"rendered":"City of Reading provides update on ongoing snow removal efforts | Reading Area"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>READING, Pa. &#8211; Mayor Eddie Mor\u00e1n announced Thursday in a press release that snow removal operations continue across the City of Reading, with Public Works crews working around the clock to clear priority corridors, Snow Emergency routes, school zones, and residential connectors.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur crews continue to make steady progress throughout the city,\u201d said Mayor Mor\u00e1n. \u201cWe appreciate the cooperation from residents who are moving vehicles and helping our teams safely and efficiently clear streets.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Snow Removal Completed (As of Thursday, 1\/29\/26):<\/p>\n<p>000 Block of N. 3rd Street<\/p>\n<p>200 &amp; 300 Blocks of N. 6th Street<\/p>\n<p>1000 Block of Washington Street<\/p>\n<p>Schuylkill Avenue \u2013 400 block to N. Front Street\/Walnut Street<\/p>\n<p>Schuylkill Avenue \u2013 500 block through 800 block<\/p>\n<p>Franklin Street \u2013 200 block to 300 block<\/p>\n<p>Crews Currently Working:<\/p>\n<p>Schuylkill Avenue \u2013 1500 block<\/p>\n<p>Walnut Street \u2013 100 block<\/p>\n<p>Franklin Street \u2013 400 block<\/p>\n<p>South 5th Street \u2013 100 block<\/p>\n<p>Third Shift Operations (Overnight)<\/p>\n<p>Officials say overnight crews will resume work where operations ended last evening and will focus on Snow Emergency routes along North 13th Street and Penn Street corridors.<\/p>\n<p>Crew One: Starting at 13th Street &amp; Douglass Street, working north toward Spring<\/p>\n<p>Street<\/p>\n<p>Crew Two: Starting at 13th Street &amp; Green Street, working south toward Walnut Street<\/p>\n<p>Following completion of these areas:<\/p>\n<p>                        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAQAAAADCAQAAAAe\/WZNAAAAEElEQVR42mM8U88ABowYDABAxQPltt5zqAAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==\" alt=\"Snow emergency route sign in the 400 block of North 13th Street in Reading\" class=\"img-responsive lazyload full blur\" width=\"1919\" height=\"1080\" data- data-\/><\/p>\n<p>             <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/697ba193ebf85.image.jpg\" alt=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\" loading=\"lazy\" height=\"113\" width=\"200\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                                    WFMZ-TV | Chad Blimline<\/p>\n<p>These areas are designated Snow Emergency routes, and parking enforcement including towing will be in effect, according to the release.<\/p>\n<p>Planned Operations for Friday, January 30<\/p>\n<p>Continuing snow removal on key corridors:<\/p>\n<p>Franklin Street \u2013 continuing east<\/p>\n<p>Walnut Street \u2013 continuing east<\/p>\n<p>Schuylkill Avenue \u2013 west side of the 1500 block, working south toward Columbia Avenue<\/p>\n<p>Front Street \u2013 starting at Walnut Street and moving north<\/p>\n<p>11th Street \u2013 starting at Franklin Street and moving north toward Walnut Street<\/p>\n<p>Court Street \u2013 continuing east<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"READING, Pa. &#8211; Mayor Eddie Mor\u00e1n announced Thursday in a press release that snow removal operations continue across&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":100170,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[737,48857,12250,736,128,130,129,29512,28288,48856,15765],"class_list":["post-100169","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-reading","tag-mayor-eddie-moran","tag-parking-enforcement","tag-public-works","tag-reading","tag-reading-city","tag-reading-city-headlines","tag-reading-city-news","tag-snow-emergency","tag-snow-removal","tag-street-clearing","tag-winter-weather"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100169","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=100169"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100169\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/100170"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=100169"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=100169"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=100169"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}