BUFFALO, N.Y. — For residents of East Aurora and nearby communities like Elma, Holland, Marilla, and Wales it must be good news to hear that NITTEC is reporting that the 400 Expressway is once again open for traffic both northbound and southbound.
It was closed with the heavy snowfall on Friday.
East Aurora had received at least 55 inches of snow in this particular November lake effect storm during Friday. WGRZ Channel 2 Meteorologist Patrick Hammer noted that it bore the brunt of the 2014 Lake Effect Storm known as Snow-vember with 88 inches back then.
East Aurora Police Lt. Patrick Welch told 2 On Your Side on Friday that he was pleased to see the 400 had been closed. He said in past storms his department has had to handle numerous accidents, cars in ditches, or stranded, stuck in the snow motorists at the lower southern end of the expressway.
In a statement released shortly before 11 p.m. Sunday, Erie County said "travel bans will be lifted in Orchard Park, Hamburg and Evans; driving bans remain in place for Lackawanna and a portion of Buffalo."
Route 219 also reopened at midnight.
Orchard Park's travel ban will be lifted at midnight, though a travel advisory will remain in place.
Then at 6 a.m. Monday, travel bans in Hamburg and Blasdell will be lifted, with an advisory remaining for Hamburg. Travel bans for the Town of Evans and Village of Angola will also be lifted at 6 a.m. Monday, and it will be replaced by an advisory for all of Evans.