SASKATOON - Saskatoon crews began grading residential areas on Tuesday, Dec. 10, completing 25 of the 65 neighbourhoods after the city experienced its sixth snow event this year, including three in a row in the last two weeks of November.
Available graders had completed clearing snow and ice, as of 2:30 p.m., in the residential streets of Brighton, Caswell Hill Avenue and Streets, College Park East, Confederation Park, Confederation Suburban Centre, Elkpoint, Erindale, Grosvenor Park, Hampton Village, Holiday Park, Hudson Bay Park, Kensington, King George, Lawson Heights, Mount Royal, North Park, Richmond Heights, Riversdale, Silverspring, Silverwood Heights, Varsity View, Westmount, Willowgrove and The Willows.
Grading will continue in the next 48 hours, with crews adding neighbourhoods as they progress with their operations. City crews might have missed some streets during their initial snow grading and rut levelling, which will be rescheduled.
Adelaide/Churchill, Arbor Creek, Aspen Ridge, Avalon, Blairmore Suburban Centre, Brevoort Park, Briarwood, Buena Vista, City Park Avenues and Streets, College Park, Dundonald, Eastview, Evergreen, Exhibition, Fairhaven, Forest Grove, Greystone Heights, Haultain, Holliston, Kelsey-Woodlawn, Lakeview, Lakeridge, Lakewood Suburban Centre, Lawson Heights Suburban Centre, Masey Place, Mount Royal, Nutana, Nutana Park, Nutana Suburban Centre, Pacific Heights, Parkridge, Pleasant Hill, Queen Elizabeth, River Heights, Rosewood, Sutherland, Stonebridge, University Heights Suburban Centre, Westview, and Wildwood are next on the scheduled grading.
All available graders by the city and its contractors have been deployed to improve the mobility of all residents in their neighbourhoods. However, parking space on residential streets, especially when clearing operations are underway, will be limited as the snow and ice will be pushed to the side of the roads.
Grader operators will try to go around vehicles parked on the streets during grading and rut levelling. If parking access is limited, some roads in residential areas will be skipped, and city crews will have to return to complete the job. Residents are advised to monitor changes in the schedule of the snow clearing and are encouraged to move their vehicles to another parking spot.
Saskatoon often has at least six snow events with a minimum of five centimetres, including several freezing rains and extreme cold weather forecasts during winter. The city has always had its crews with snow plows and grading equipment on standby for quick response in clearing Priority 1 roads during snow events.
