Snowstorm sweeps throughout Maine as vacation journey peaks

PORTLAND (WGME) – Another snowstorm is transferring by the state Tuesday simply in time for the vacations.

Tuesday is a usually a really busy journey day as individuals are heading to their vacation locations.

The pace restrict on the turnpike is down from 70 miles per hour to 45 miles per hour Tuesday evening.

AAA predicts virtually 123 million Americans will journey a minimum of 50 miles from house over the course of this subsequent week, with the height journey occasions Tuesday evening and Friday.

“I’ve been in Maine my whole life and this is just another normal night for me in the winter. When it gets a little more snowy later in the night, maybe it will get a little more sketchy, but right now its totally fine for me,” Portland resident Will Pochepan mentioned.

In Portland, a snow parking ban is in impact from Tuesday evening till Wednesday morning.

If residents don’t transfer their vehicles off the road to one of many designated snow ban tons, they may get a $130 ticket.

Some in Portland say they’d love extra choices for parking.

“It is kind of a pain to have to move the car back and forth throughout the winter. I would also say that Portland doesn’t have a lot of parking in general, so it can be kind of tricky to find parking in the neighborhood where I live,” Portland resident Kristen McNerney mentioned.

Other vacationers say the roads had been nonetheless slippery and exhausting to drive on Tuesday evening.

“I went over to Walmart, it was basically raining there too. I stopped in Westbrook to grab a couple of things and the roads were actually pretty bad in Westbrook, stopping was a little skiddy and turning was an experience,” Portland resident Nicki Dansereau mentioned.

The snow will proceed to fall Tuesday evening into Wednesday morning.

If it’s important to journey Tuesday, police and the Maine Turnpike Authority advise folks to decelerate and drive with warning.