{"id":61928,"date":"2025-12-16T02:45:13","date_gmt":"2025-12-16T02:45:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/61928\/"},"modified":"2025-12-16T02:45:13","modified_gmt":"2025-12-16T02:45:13","slug":"residents-in-manayunk-roxborough-sections-of-philadelphia-want-city-to-help-with-icy-streets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/61928\/","title":{"rendered":"Residents in Manayunk, Roxborough sections of Philadelphia want city to help with icy streets"},"content":{"rendered":"

The weekend snow and bitter cold<\/a> have turned some streets in the Manayunk and Roxborough sections of Philadelphia into sheets of ice, making for treacherous driving conditions.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Hilly neighborhood streets coated with snow and ice are challenging drivers, with some cars having to back down hills, unable to tackle the incline.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Near Kingsley and Pechin streets Monday morning, Darnell’s trash truck got stuck.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“They’re bringing a salt truck around, try to salt my wheels and get me out. Gotta hope for the best,” said Darnell with J.P. Mascaro & Sons.<\/p>\n

While main streets were mostly clear, residents said they want the city to pay more attention to their icy neighborhood roads.<\/p>\n

“They don’t come around here too often to salt these streets,” said Diallo, who needed help when his van got stuck on Fleming Street in Manayunk.<\/p>\n

“They should take it more serious. … The hills, that’s dangerous,” Xavier in Manayunk said.<\/p>\n

The Philadelphia Streets Department did not make anyone available for an interview Monday. In a statement, a spokesperson said in part, “The City’s Winter Weather Operations continue with Streets Department crews treating roadways to address icy conditions.” They’re asking people to call 311 to report problem areas.<\/p>\n

But some \u2013 like Andrew Hasselbart and his neighbor \u2013 took matters into their own hands, salting their portion of Manayunk Avenue by hand.<\/p>\n

“We’ve had two school buses and two trucks kind of get stuck. The school bus was there for over an hour. It’s been fun,” Hesselbart said.<\/p>\n

Hasselbart and others urged other drivers to drive slowly and carefully.<\/p>\n

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