A colleage of mine came in from lunch in a bit of a huff.

Trying to merge onto Western Avenue from the airport, she said, was a nightmare. The snowbank was so high, it was difficult to look for oncoming traffic. Snowbanks are starting to accumulate down by the rotaries and along other main drags through town, making it difficult to look for traffic at certain intersections or impossible to walk on sidewalks.

Fear not, Augusta Public Works Director John Charest said. The city is doing all they can to ease the pileup.

“I had crews out last night and will continue to have them haul the snow away,” Charest said. “By the middle of next week, there will be no snow on Western Avenue.”

Even if the roads aren’t clear of snow, they are clear of accidents for the ride home, according to local law-enforcement agencies.