City snow teams begin clearing remnants of latest snowfall

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City road crews continued to be hard at work Saturday dealing with the remains of yet another snow event in the capital.

A total of up to 10 cm of snow fell on the region between Friday afternoon and Saturday morning.

The city imposed a winter parking ban beginning at 10 a.m. Saturday to free city equipment from snow removal operations to deal with getting the new snow away from streets and sidewalks.

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The city’s roads and parking team had worked overnight, concentrating on “clearing and treating sidewalks, roads, bus routes, the Transitway and the winter cycling network.” 

Since Feb. 17, the city teams had been concentrating on snow removal across the city.

The orders continued to focus on Business Improvement Areas, business districts, arterial and collector roads, and school zones. Crews have also been working on urban residential streets, bridge decks and addressing sightline concerns at intersections and corners.

On Friday, the team proudly noted it had removed “1,138,546 cubic metres of snow.

“That’s like filling the RedBlacks stadium at TD Place to the top of the stands four times!”

Temperatures were on the rise Saturday, but concerns about freezing rain early in the day did not materialize. Another two to four cm of snow is possible later in the afternoon or evening.

While the snow systems appear to have disappeared for the moment, big chill weather is set to return, with a forecast low of -21 C Saturday night.

Sunday’s high is forecast to be -12 C under mainly clear skies, dropping to an overnight low of -16 C.

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