The City of Saskatoon says as of Wednesday for the morning commute, approximately 15 centimetres of snow has fallen since late Tuesday afternoon.

This morning, crews will complete all Priority 1 streets and move into collector streets through all neighbourhoods. Crews will also be assigned to address any localized heavy drifting. Sanding will continue and sidewalks, bridge walkway and pathway clearing will begin. The snow accumulation, combined with strong winds, has created heavy snow cover, snow drifting and has reduced lanes on Saskatoon’s streets and sidewalks.

Six plows, 27 City and contractor graders, 19 sanders, six sidewalk plows and numerous smaller pieces of equipment will be working today to grade streets and sidewalks of snow and apply de-icing materials.

Once the snow stops, crews will complete the Priority 1 streets like Circle Drive and streets with three or more lanes in each direction, such as Idylwyld Drive, 22nd Street and College Drive. The City says crews will also clear City facility sidewalks, Meewasin Trail, pathways along major routes, and walkways over bridges and overpasses within 48 hours.
Crews will then move onto Priority 2 double-lane streets like Clarence Avenue, McKercher Drive and Millar Avenue. These streets will take about 24 hours to complete.  Finally, neighbourhood streets will be addressed but the city says all priority street snow grading is completed within 72 hours of the end of snowfall.