Winter control staff provide an update. The purpose of this e-mail is to inform you that the Public Works Department is tracking a significant weather front moving towards Guelph. Forecast is for a total of 43 cm of snow accumulation starting at approximately 8pm tomorrow night and continuing through to Thursday. Temperature is forecasted to […]
Category: Weather
Be Nice…Treat The Ice
Residents can now pick up a mixture of salt and sand for FREE to maintain their sidewalks and their neighbours sidewalks during winter. Sidewalk winter maintenance is prioritized, based on pedestrian traffic volume and proximity to high use facilities such as schools, hospitals, and public buildings. While it can take the City up to five […]
Be nice, clear your ice.
Sidewalks are very treacherous today. The recent freeze thaw cycles have created a dangerous situation for folks with strollers and wheel chairs. The City of Guelph does a great job of clearing most of the ice and snow from sidewalks. Unfortunately it’s tough for sidewalk plows to get walkways bare affordably. Here is where residents can step up and […]
Winter Control activity update Feb 13, 2013
I would like to provide you with a brief update on our current winter control activities, and a glimpse at what lies ahead. Our activities in general involve continued cleanup with snow removal operations underway. Roads winter control staff completed the removal of excess snow from the downtown area last night. This includes snow from […]
Winter Storm Update Feb 8, 2013
The storm centre has passed us and we expect the snowfall to begin to taper off by 2;00pm and end by 7:00pm. The accumulation depth ha s reached and will surpass the 10cm accumulation threshold to initiate a residential street plow-out. The residential street plow-out as been scheduled to begin at 4:00 pm this afternoon. Further details on the plow-out and logistics to address cleanup to follow. Staff
Transit Service
Just a quick update on Guelph Transit service today . We are running base conventional service as scheduled as of 6:30 this morning. We will not be running the University Express routes with the University being closed. We will be running limited mobility service today – medical trips will be provided but discretionary trips will […]
approaching storm Feb 7/8 2013: Part Deux
Just a quick note to share the latest forecasted snow accumulation with you. The new forecast is now calling for a total of 25.6 cm to fall by noon Friday Feb 8th. The brunt of the snowfall will occur between the hours of 4:00am (when we should have 9cm on the ground) and noon, (when […]
approaching storm Feb 7/8 2013
We are tracking an approaching storm which may turn out to deliver a significant volume of snow in it’s wake. The storm is currently over Lake Michigan and is expected to make its presence known in our area around 5:00am tomorrow morning. The storm will begin with light snow throughout the day on Thursday. The […]
Status update February 1, 2013
There are no weather systems currently affecting our area. What we are experiencing are snow squalls off the Great Lakes due to the winds and cold temperatures. The squalls are hit and miss and therefore unpredictable. We are anticipating this weather to continue through the weekend followed by a Colo rado low approaching which should arrive Sunday or Monday. That system […]
Storm Event Update January 31, 2013
Just a short update to let you know that our roads crews are still out tending to the conditions to maintain what we set out to accomplish last night. The snow squalls which are scattered and intermittent are still producing whiteout conditions at times. In general, all arterial and collector roads are in good condition. […]