For those of us in our shorts and t-shirts walking around the town these past few days, we are in for a shock. Recent weather reports show that we are due for a return of old man winter this coming Friday with approximately 10 cms of snow.
Over the holidays there was a lot of confusion as to snow plowing on the streets in our ward. While I was on vacation in Newfoundland for Christmas, I answered a number of emails from people concerned as to when their streets would be plowed. I think it would be good to review the snow removal policies in advance of this potential storm. Now, watch there be NO snow on Friday and I look silly. But at least we will have the information available right?
Click on the map to enlarge it. This is from the Town of Milton’s site and Ive just put up ward 6. If you are outside ward 6 click here for the main map. The streets in our area are classified for different priorities.
The primary or arterial roads (for example in our ward Thompson Road, Fourth Line, Derry Road, Britannia Road) are considered first priority and the plows are sent out based on accumulation. For instance if we receive under 5 cms of snow or the conditions are icy, the response time will be within 2-3 hours. If there is 5 to 30 cm of accumulation, the response time will be 2 to 4 hours.
A majority of the roads in our ward will be secondary / collector roads or urban / residential roads (Yellow and Blue on the map)
The response time for 5cms and below of accumulation is 4 to 5 hours and above 5cms is 4 to 10 hours for the secondary collector roads and 8 to 16 hours for many of the residential roads in ward 6. If you live in a cul-de-sacs it will be a bit longer once the accumulation reaches over 5cms.
The main priority of the snow plows is to keep the main streets and collector roads as bare as possible. Its also very important for those residents who have sidewalks to keep them clear as quickly as possible during the snow fall and afterwards.
Here are some links for detailed information on our snow policy. Just as a reminder to allow for the plow. Try to keep your cars off the road as to allow for the snow plow to come by without creating issues with snow piles or potentially damaging any vehicles.
Now the snow might not come as its being predicted by all of our very nice weather people 🙂 but in case it does here’s your handy page for information.
Now Im going to get my snow pants ready for Friday!
I’ll see you at the doors.
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Go figure they said it would be 10 cm of snow….ends up being 2 or 3cm. Thats fine with me. Next time a big ones on the way, I’ll post about it and it’ll end up being better than expected.