Storm Lake Paving

About Storm Lake Paving

Down in Lowell, where Everett's old mill streets run close along the river, a hard storm means watching the water as much as the sky, since a rising river can undercut a road the same week a cold snap ices its surface. Storm Lake Paving works that riverside neighborhood after a storm passes through, clearing driveways and walkways on streets that sit low enough to catch runoff from higher ground before it freezes. The old road grades here were never built for a heavy plow, so the crew works them carefully, aware of where the pavement itself has shifted over the years along the riverbank. Once the immediate streets are clear, the same crew checks the low parking areas nearest the water, where standing meltwater turns to ice fastest. Low, old ground along a working river asks for patience here, more than it ever asks for speed.