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 already on the ground a city wide plow out has been initiated. This operation will also help with the possibility of flooding due to forecasted milder temperatures along with rain fall.
Cleanup of the snow has begun and will continue through the night.The following is a summary of our activities and planned activities;
ROADS;
Roads crews are working on the main arterials (Salt Routes) and collector roads, (Secondary Salt Routes). A city wide plow-out of residential streets will begin today at 10:00am and should be complete by early tomorrow morning. Road crews will transition into the residential roads once the mains and arterials are complete to apply traction materials behind the contractor plows.
SIDEWALKS, CITY OWNED STEPS AND BUS STOPS, including DOWNTOWN
Sidewalk crews were mobilize this morning at 7:00am on the high pedestrian traffic arterial, collector and bus routes. Residential sidewalk plowing will follow and operations will continue through the night until completed.
The downtown sidewalks will continue to be plowed and sanded throughout the day today.City wide storm cleanup will continue Monday with clearing and sanding of all pedestrian cross walks and PXO’s once sidewalk plowing activity is complete.
FACILITIES;
All city owned facility parking lots, access roads and entrance ways were worked on through the night and are in good shape for the day. Final cleanup service to these areas will be provided tomorrow morning beginning at 5:00am when parking lots are vacant to allow ease of mobility.
Updates will be provided to you as conditions warrant or if current information changes.
If you require anything further, please contact me directly or contact our Administration staff at Operations.
As always, your patience, co-operation and understanding is very much appreciated. Staff