The City of Calgary’s Transportation Department will implement a revised interim snow and ice control policy effective today.This acting policy features adjustments to how roadways are addressed and the type of action to be taken during and following snowfalls.
Perhaps the biggest change that citizens will notice will be increased snow plowing in residential neighbourhoods when ruts have accumulated to over 12 centimetres.
Significant aspects of the 14,000 lane kilometres that are affected by the interim snow and ice control policy include:
- maintenance of an additional 7,000 lane kilometres of Roads, comprising residential streets and known trouble spots
- maintenance of priority one routes, primary spot sanding and residential spot sanding to be treated at the same time
- a focus on known trouble spots including, but not limited to: bus stops, steep grades and high collision locations
- removal of windrows at the discretion of the Road Maintenance Manager
Implementation of this interim policy is estimated to cost approximately 75 cents per citizen, per month.
Please visit Calgary.ca for more information on the interim policy.
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I live in Captal Hill and yesterday the army of snow removal eqipment came through, even though we didn't need clearing. As I walked around the blocks today, I noticed all the damage that the graders and the small skid steer did to the sidewalks in the district. Who has to pay for these sidewalks to be repaired? Is it necessary to remove snow and ice all the way to the curbs?
By removing the snow and ice all it will do is increase the speed and the amount of traffic, cutting through our district to get to either 24 Ave, 20 Ave, 19St and 14 St. Save us!!!!
So we wait unti the side streets are completely plugged with snow.
Then the City of Calgary takes the hard packed ice and snow and leaves it on my sidewalk and driveway.
Thanks. How much do I owe you for that?
Let me just shovel the street myself.
Thank goodness! Although there's bound to be some short term pain, plowing residential streets is long overdue. It's amazing to think it's taken almost 100 years for the city and it's residents to realize snow removal should be a much higher priority.
I've lived in Calgary since 1974 and somehow we survived all those winters without this hugely expensive effort to placate a vocal minority of whining motorists.
Coming soon to this space: Whining taxpayers.
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