Area braces for a third foot

Less than a week after receiving two feet of snow, another predicted storm has canceled local schools, prompted parking bans, and sent public works departments out to plow the streets today.Thankfully, the snowfall was predicted to avoid coinciding with the Super Bowl.”That’s what all the contractors are calling concerned about, and all my guys,” Swampscott Public Works Director Gino Cresta said Sunday.Weather forecasters predicted Sunday that a winter storm would move into the region by early morning today and drop up to nearly three inches of snow per hour during the morning commute. The National Weather Service predicted winds gusting from 35 to 50 miles per hour along the coast and accumulations of a foot of snow on most of the state before the store winds down tonight.The weather prompted school cancellations in Lynn, Marblehead, Revere, Swampscott, Peabody, and Saugus. Parking bans were called in Lynn, Revere, Peabody, Saugus, and along the Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR) roadways (as of press time) as crews prepared to clear streets already narrowed by the two feet of snow from last week’s storm.But there was also another event to prepare for on Sunday.”Designated snow parking lots will be open at noon on Sunday for residents to be able to move their vehicles to off-street parking ahead of the Super Bowl,” Lynn Mayor Judith Flanagan Kennedy’s office wrote in an announcement.The Lynn parking ban began at 11 p.m. Sunday, and public works crews were heading out at that time to begin preparing for the storm, DPW Xommissioner Andy Hall said Sunday evening.Trash pickup will be delayed one day, putting the entire week on a holiday schedule. Residents whose trash was not picked up last week due to the snowstorm are asked to call the DPW at 781-268-8000 today, according to the city.A parking ban in Saugus began at 12 a.m. today and in Revere at 8 p.m. Sunday. The Saugus ban remains in effect until noon Tuesday. Revere also delayed its trash pickup a day.As for dealing with even more snow, officials asked residents not to shovel snow into the streets already narrowed by the 2 feet from the last storm.”If residents could keep this in mind, we all will be in better shape,” Hall said.