The City of Saskatoon says City and contractor crews are shifting their focus and graders will move into residential areas where there are deep ruts from the snow melting then freezing.

City and contractor crews worked through the night shaving off the top layer of snow ruts on all streets in Aspen Ridge, Briarwood, Eastview, North Park and Nutana. Today, 12 teams of two graders each will finish neighbourhoods that weren’t completed last night and move into Evergreen, Kelsey-Woodlawn, Kensington, Lakewood, Richmond Heights, River Heights, and Stonebridge.

The graders will shave down the deep ruts where people are getting stuck or there’s a risk of damage to vehicles. The snow will be stored in the parking lane. Snow removal may only occur in areas where there is no room to store the snow.

Grading will be done by neighbourhood starting on the streets where the ruts are at least 15 centimetres deep, making it challenging for smaller vehicles. Crews will go around parked cars but encourage people to move vehicles if there is off-street parking available.

On streets with heavy on-street parking that are too narrow for our equipment, they will post No Parking signs in advance and relocate vehicles left on the street.

The goal, working day and night is to complete all severely rutted streets in the next two weeks.