Administration briefed City Council Wednesday about clearing snow on residential roads. City manager Jeff Jorgenson says, “With just a few Priority streets remaining to be cleared, we can now focus our efforts on residential streets.”
He says it’s their objective to restore mobility to key streets in every neighbourhood, city wide, in the next nine days or less. Additional contractors have been hired to help out. As of Wednesday, the city had 260 road crew members rotating 12 hour shifts, operating about 125 pieces of equipment, including plows, graders, sanders and sidewalk equipment.

Clearing started on residential streets in Kensington. Streets within Stonebridge were being cleared Wednesday night. Thursday, crews will move to key streets within Rosewood, Evergreen, Brighton, Erindale, Arbor Creek, Hampton Village, Montgomery, Parkridge, Fairhaven and Aspen Ridge. You will find the snow clearing schedule on the city’s web page here.

After the initial pass, crews will then go back to clear any remaining streets and following that, will start the process of loading and hauling away the snow ridges in front of homes.
Residents are not required to move their vehicle, but if able, crews will appreciate more space to complete the work and the ability to clear streets more fully.
Back lanes will also be prioritized along with the residential snow clearing.
Crews are planning to remove piles of snow left by graders from all school zones next week.
Transit has resumed modified service on all routes. Normal routing will resume as streets are cleared. Access Transit continues to provide essential trips only where road conditions permit.