During those days, Erie County Legislator Frank Todaro and I personally viewed what was a non-stop effort by the highway department, when the roads were constantly attended, broken machinery repaired and returned to service and the plowing kept going without the need to hire outside contractors.
Kudos to Lancaster's highway department team, because I understand from what I consider to be a very credible source(s) that one nearby community spent over $1,000,000 in private contractor costs.
From what I hear, these highway department guys and gals worked non-stop from Saturday morning, January 13, at 11:00 am until 3:00 p.m. on Monday, the 15th. They were then back at it at 10:30 p.m. on Monday evening until 9pm Friday night. They returned to their tasks all weekend long.
A tremendous effort and prideful accomplishment by all of the elected officials, department heads, the highway crews, the first responders, essential workers, and of course, the residents of Lancaster.