East Coast Municipalities Prepare For Spring Snowmelt

As the East Coast recovers from an unusually harsh winter season, the jaw-dropping effect has been revealed along the way, and Boston’s record-setting snowfall has been a focal point of much of that attention.The cost of the city’s snow removal is expected to hit $50 million, according to Mayor Marty Walsh, who appeared on WBZ 1030 NewsRadio on March 11. That figure is more than double what the city planned for in its budget. Along the way, Boston has cleared 1 billion cubic feet of snow, removed 30,000 truckloads from streets, plowed 263,000 miles of roadway and melted over 50,000