SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (WGGB/WSHM) - Thursday marked four days after the storm and drivers said massive snow piles are turning intersections into blind corners across western Massachusetts. They report not being able to see oncoming traffic and some lanes are completely buried.

Drivers in Springfield told Western Mass News that they don’t feel safe. They’re inching into intersections, not knowing if a car is coming, and with more snow possible this weekend, they’re begging the city to act fast. “It’s going to make it worse because the snow’s still here and it’s just going to keep piling up over and over again,” said Antonio Aleixo of Ludlow.

One viewer emailed us a photo and wrote “an entire lane was blocked causing dangerous conditions at a major intersection in Springfield. No excuse for this!” Drivers are warning each other on social media to be careful in Chicopee and Springfield. Their concern is high snowbanks blocking their view.

Western Mass News went out to see for ourselves. Snow piles were seeing towering over cars at intersections across Springfield and Chicopee and drivers couldn’t see around them. Aleixo said it’s bad near his house, but as he’s driven through Springfield and Chicopee, he’s seen even more intersections with massive snow piles blocking the view. He added that it’s nerve-racking, especially when making a turn and noted, “especially around corners, you have to slowly pull out to be able to see anything.”

Springfield DPW Director Chris Cignoli told us in part, “We are out afternoons and overnight removing higher banks across the city and hauling the snow to Kiley Middle School.” We also reached out to Chicopee’s DPW, but haven’t heard back.

Until then, drivers like Aleixo are left playing a dangerous guessing game every time they approach an intersection

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