Richland Forest Homeowners’ Association

The Loudoun County government is activating the Loudoun County Major Event Hotline for people who have non-emergency questions related to the record-setting snowstorm and the significant storm that is expected to arrive shortly.

The hotline, 703-737-8300, is intended for non-emergency calls. The hotline will be active throughout the current snow event. As always, call 9-1-1 in the event of an emergency.

For information about VDOT’s plowing plan, power outages, safety reminders and other important notes, look online at www.loudoun.gov/snow.

CSI is sending all trash trucks to residents today.  They do not have an inclement weather policy, and make a decision on a day-to-day basis.  If you would like to know whether or not to put your trash or recyclables out this week, please call CSI at 703.444.3181.  Please be sure to remove your trash & recycle bins from the curb so they will not interfere with any plowing.

The Board as been in constant contact with Centex regarding removing the snow from the streets so you have one passable lane.  If you are still experiencing problems, please contact the board on our Contact page.

For those of you on Samantha Drive, VDOT’s guidelines state they have 4 days to remove snow over 18″, so it may be a while before the snow is removed.

Please read the message from Centex (who is handling cleaning our streets!) on handling the snow storm.  We ask that residents use driveways and open parking lot spaces within the sections for overflow parking. Remove trash cans and recycle bins from the sides of the roads. Shovel driveways after the plows come through if at all possible. Most of all have patience with the operation, it is a difficult task and the contractors are working to do the best they can do for hours and hours at a time. They will shuffle equipment and manpower on and off the sites as they hours pass. During this type of an event, equipment does take a beating and will sometimes need repair in the middle of the event, so a plow may be down for a time until it can be replaced with another piece of equipment or repaired on site. The good thing is the contractor is local, in Leesburg, and can get to the sites fairly quickly when these repairs are needed.