Good morning everyone; Welcome to Spring!!….March is holding true to it’s “crazy” reputation!! We are currently being hit with an Alberta Clipper which is expected to pass over us quickly but will leave cold temperatures in it’s wake for a few days. Reports currently indicate this storm will end later this afternoon and may leave […]
Category: Weather
Storm event March 11, 2011
Just a quick note to provide you with an activity update on winter control activities. The following is a summary of our activities; ROADS; Roads crews are working on the main arterials (Salt Routes) and collector roads, (Secondary Salt Routes). Road crews will transition into the residential roads once the mains and arterials are completed […]
Storm event March 6, 2011
We have been hit with another surprise winter snow fall, that is…we didn’t expect this much snow to fall last night. This snowfall appears on the radar that it will end by later this morning. We have realized about 12cm of accumulation since the start of snow fall last night. Due to the amount of […]
Storm event February 27, 2011
We have been hit with another surprise winter snow fall, that is…we didn’t expect this much snow to fall last night. This snowfall appears on the radar that it will end by later this morning. We have realized about 10cm of accumulation since the start of snow fall last night. Due to the amount of […]
Snow Ploughing
I’m sending this to you as I’m sure you will know the right person to forward this to in “Works” or “Roads” (???) In any event I wanted to comment on the excellent snow ploughing done by the operator of the road grader on Wednesday night as he cleared Gombas Pl. As ours is the […]
Storm event February 5, 2011
We are currently being hit with a surprise winter storm, that is…we didn’t expect this much snow to fall tonight….…..after all…this is Canada!! This snowfall appears on the radar that it will end by 10:00pm tonight. We will have realized about 15cm of accumulation since the storm started this afternoon around 4:00pm. Cleanup of the […]
Winter Snow Plows
As you know we had a hefty amount of snow fall over the last few days, and as you know this also comes with the mundane task of shovelling the driveway. On the morning of Feb.2 I went out to shovel the hard, packed, wind drifted snow from the night before, cleared it and went […]
Snow event and Emergency Preparedness
Appended from the Emergency Preparedness Guide on Guelph.ca First aid kit Manual can opener Battery-powered or hand-crank flashlight (and extra batteries) Candles and matches or lighter Battery-powered or hand-crank radio (and extra batteries) Special needs items – prescription medications, infant formula or equipment for people with disabilities Extra keys for your car and house Cash […]
Snow Event February 2, 2011
Welcome to week 9 of 20!….were almost half way there!! As promised below is an update of our activity, progress and anticipated completion of the work related to fighting this storm. The winter storm warning has ended. We anticipate the snow fall will end by 4:00pm this afternoon. Cleanup of the snow will continue through […]
Guelph Transit Service Today
Just a quick update with the bad weather today. We have full conventional service out on the road this morning. We have just been informed that the U of G will be closed today – we will monitor the loads on the University specials and make a decision based on usage on whether to pull […]