The District provides 24-hour snow removal service during times of heavy snowfall, as well as salting and sanding during extreme cold temperatures, to keep our roads safe.
Please help the snow clearing process by:
The Frontage and Sidewalk Maintenance Bylaw requires owners and occupiers of property to clear snow and ice from sidewalks adjacent to their property. "Sidewalk Snow and Ice Removal" is outlined in section 4. The District clears sidewalks adjacent to municipal and vacant Crown property.
Tips for snow clearing:
Thank you for doing your part to ensure sidewalks are safe to use in a timely manner following a snow storm.
During snow storms, crews will be focused on first priorities that may cause delays to clearing secondary and residential areas.
Sanding and plowing may be carried out on a 24-hour basis as long as poor conditions exist.
When the storm lets up or crews have successfully plowed and sanded/salted the first priority routes, the remaining work on residential routes is performed during regular eight-hour shifts.
Snow clearing operations shall be conducted according to the following:
'Widening out' roads is done to ensure that there is enough room for snow storage and to push back snow to the ditch and catch basins to allow for drainage. A common misconception is that this work is done specifically to clear bike lanes for cyclists at the expense of snowing in pedestrian sidewalks. This is not the case. Widening the roads is done to clear storm drains, which are often in bike lanes.
“Widening out” the streets may cause frustration to residents because the ends of driveways may get filled in. Crews will try to remove significant windrows across driveways as much as possible, however please understand that it is not always possible. We ask all residents for assistance and patience while we do our best to ensure the roads are safe, and to prepare for any upcoming storms.
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