Here are some snow clearing standards in other Canadian Cities which get snow .....

Ottawa
http://www.ottawa.ca/city_services/traffic/road_maintenance/snow/standards_en.shtml

Kingston
http://www.cityofkingston.ca/residents/transportation/streets/winter/index.asp

We do not have standards published on the PG City Hall web site. It is obvious we do not get anywhere near the snow clearing service those two cities get.

Winter City????

We spend to much money on speacial intrests and planning to afford to plow snow.

I wonder whos streets got done first......hmmmmmm

If you had bothered to read the 2 sites posted they basically show the same plowing/clearing routine as our city's does.The fire,bus and main arteries are priority.The plows were on my street yesterday at noon,digging out the cul-de-sac.In the major city(central Ontario) I originated from you would have been digging yourself out,unless it was a major storm and it would have taken them days!The plows only came down the residential streets when they were all but impassable and they don't dig out the bottom of your driveway either..ever seen that Motrin commercial,as the plow shoves a trough of snow 2' deep back into the bottom of the driveway and keeps going??A great majority of people don't shovel driveways,sidewalks or move their parked vehicles and then complain about the lack of service from the city.Can your letter carrier/paper delivery get to your door safely?Can you get into your own driveway or is that why your parked on the street?can you get out of your car without falling or slipping and breaking something on your ice slicked driveway?Have you cleaned off your vehicle or are you like the cars I see with only the windows brushed off, a hole scraped large enough to peer through in your haste to get in line at Timmies.You stop fast(not driving for the conditions!) and 6" of snow slides down your windshield plus no on can see your brake lights..too much snow.Quit complaining!!
Kudos to the workers who are out there clearing snow,I fully appreciate it.

Take a pill Ontwin, sheesh.

I did read them Ontwin ... I am also very familiar with both cities ...

While the priorities are the same, since that is a no brainer, the length of time it takes to reach each category is far shorter.

After 7+ cm of snow, which is what we had here two days ago it takes 10 hours to plow residential streets.

It typically takes 3 days to plow our west bowl area residential street. With weather such as we tend to have these days, the snow turns to slush, which tends to rut in some areas, and then freezes at night, meaning that it potentially does a "number" to the underside of the car if one is not careful.

That beocmes a repair at my expense, not the city's. I, for one, would be happy to pay an extra $100 in taxes per year to have proper snow clearance. Luckily we hardly have snow these days.

The standard of snow clearing in this city goes up and down like a yo-yo over the year.

I have had up to 10 inches plus of snow on this street for over 48 hours when we used to get snow.

One does not use front end bucket loaders for "sidecasting" snow. To clear snow in a timely fashion one needs equipment designed for snow removal.