Snow Removal Picking Up ?
It was nice to see that the City is not relying on the snow fall measurement at the Prince George Airport or Massey Drive, in determining which streets should be plowed.
At least that is what appeared to happen earlier this week.
The City’s policy is that snow will not be removed from residential streets until 12 centimetres has fallen ( 4.72 inches ) while priority 1 and 2 routes, such as the main thoroughfares, will be plowed when 7.5 centimetres (3 inches) of snow has fallen.
It has long been a complaint of residents in the northern reach of the community that snowfall amounts were being calculated at the wrong spot, that areas needing tending to were ignored because the measurement was being taken at a site that just doesn’t get the kind of snowfall being experienced in some parts of the City.
Well, this week saw something different happen.
While snowfall accumulations were in the 4 centimeter range in the bowl area of the City, residents in the Hart were seeing accumulations of 7-9 centimeters. For the first time folks in the Hart can recall, the plows were busy in the Hart overnight, clearing away the snow, even though the rest of the City had been spared that level of snowfall and was likely seeing some sanding done but no plowing.
Hopefully this is a sign of a new era in snow removal and the City’s message that ‘it is ready’ to deal with snow this year will ring true.
The voters of recent, indeed the voters of the past few years have been calling on the City to improve the snow removal. It is part of living in a winter city and most people have accepted that we have to pay for that service.
Anyone who ran for office in the recent election, will have learned by now that the taxpayers want the simple things of life when it comes to paying their taxes. Those include, good snow removal, good roads and good police and fire protection. When you think about it , it really isn’t asking for much and it is nice to see that the city is recognizing those wishes.
I’m Meisner and that’s one man’s opinion.
Comments
On a positive note, it was nice to see our roads on the Hart plowed in a timely fashion. Given all the new money and manpower being thrown at this, it’s the least we can expect, other than more tax increases of course.
Now that all the RV’s are put away, even though they were never an issue for snow removal to start with, when is the City going to start towing the illegally parked vehicles on the streets over night. On our street four vehicles just got plowed around and now we are down to single lane traffic. A little early in the season to not be able to pass by another vehicle due to snow I would say. It appears this problem wasn’t considered in that costly report and plan.
I just drove downtown and it’s quite a mess. 5th ave, 4th ave and 2nd ave are embarrassments.
Of course, it doesn’t help that all the extra special idiots have decided to hit the roads today… :)
Don’t know if I would consider a city plow truck making one pass through the neighbourhood plowing the streets. All they did was leave a big furrow on either side of a one lane street. Sometimes it’s better if they just do nothing if they can’t get the equipment in to do it properly. Sure hope they don’t do that BS like piling the snow in the middle of cul’d’sacs like they did a couple of years ago.
Some people just don’t realize how much time it takes to plow roads in a city not to mention it’s still snowing outside people!!! Great the Hart got done!! People do have to goto work so naturally many adventure out to make the buck and not all are idiots, don’t forget to include yourself unless you’re perfect at everything you do.
The roads are in fair condition I think. Although I hit some deep snow and almost went into oncoming traffic on Massey near Carney doing 40 km/h so apparently that’s too fast so 30 km/h it was. Who cares about the people behind you honking away, I care about Me and have no prob rolling down the window and flipping the bird.
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