{"id":123937,"date":"2026-02-26T09:08:22","date_gmt":"2026-02-26T09:08:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/123937\/"},"modified":"2026-02-26T09:08:22","modified_gmt":"2026-02-26T09:08:22","slug":"pennsylvania-sending-snow-removal-support-to-rhode-island-in-wake-of-historic-blizzard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/123937\/","title":{"rendered":"Pennsylvania Sending Snow-Removal Support to Rhode Island in Wake of Historic Blizzard"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/john-east-providence-ri-scaled-1.webp.webp\" data-caption=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"668\" height=\"376\" class=\"entry-thumb td-modal-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/john-east-providence-ri-scaled-1.webp.webp\"   alt=\"\" title=\"john-east-providence-ri-scaled\"\/><\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Following a request for assistance, Pennsylvania is sending snow-removal help to Rhode Island, to help them recover from the winter storm this past weekend.<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT)\u00a0is responding quickly with over 30 pieces of equipment and associated operators, mechanics, foremen, and managers from its Harrisburg, Clearfield, Indiana, and Uniontown-based regions. The PennDOT team members \u2014\u00a0including\u00a0PennDOT Secretary Mike Carroll\u00a0\u2014 will assist with clearing and removing snow from various local government roadways in Rhode Island.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe historic snowfall that hit much of New England is overwhelming hard-working road crews that have been working long and dangerous shifts,\u201d said\u00a0Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency (PEMA) Director Randy Padfield. \u201cGetting snow cleared quickly is essential for people in that region to safely get back to their daily routines.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>With PennDOT\u00a0work on state roads after the storm complete, and a warmer forecast on the\u00a0way, Pennsylvania is in a good position\u00a0to help its neighbors in the Northeast with their snowstorm recovery.<\/p>\n<p>Deployed staff are expected to begin working with their counterparts in Rhode Island today,\u00a0February 26, and their deployment is anticipated to last approximately eight days. All costs associated with the deployment are paid by the requesting state.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith the latest storm dealt with and favorable weather this week, PennDOT is happy to help our colleagues as cleanup continues from the significant snowfall they experienced,\u201d\u00a0PennDOT Secretary Mike Carroll\u00a0said. \u201cInterstate emergency collaboration is important, and I\u2019m grateful to our team for their commitment and even more time away from families while they share their skills.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>PEMA Director Padfield\u00a0is in touch with\u00a0Rhode Island Emergency Management Agency Director Marc Pappas. PEMA will remain in close contact with its counterparts in Rhode Island in the event additional assistance is needed.<\/p>\n<p><a data-no-instant=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pennwatchmedia.com\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" class=\"a2t-link\" aria-label=\"PW_2024_LeaderAd\" target=\"_blank\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/PW_2024_LeaderAd.png\" alt=\"\"   width=\"728\" height=\"90\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Following a request for assistance, Pennsylvania is sending snow-removal help to Rhode Island, to help them recover from&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":123938,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[28,30,29],"class_list":{"0":"post-123937","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-pennsylvania","8":"tag-pennsylvania","9":"tag-pennsylvania-headlines","10":"tag-pennsylvania-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/123937","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=123937"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/123937\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/123938"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=123937"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=123937"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=123937"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}