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With the largest snowfall in five years predicted to be on the way, the City of Regina is getting ready to act.
“They’ve become kind of a rarity in the city of Regina but we know with our climate and where we live, it is something that can always take place,” said Chris Warren, the city’s director of roadways and transportation.
“We plan all summer for something like this and when the snow comes, we have to be ready. We have to ensure we are maintaining those roadways to ensure our community can thrive and can access leisure (and) can access work.”
Environment Canada says Regina could get 20 to 40 centimetres of snow over the weekend and into Monday. That would be about eight to 16 inches.
Warren said the city has 60 pieces of equipment ready to go to react to the event. That includes around 30 or 35 graders, upwards of 10 front-end loaders, snowblowers, sidewalk-clearing machines, ice control and plowing trucks, and semis to haul away snow.
“We work to keep major roads drivable by plowing snow and applying ice control at high-risk intersections. This means our focus is on high-speed roads, roads with the greatest volume of traffic and emergency routes for emergency services,” Warren said.
That pattern will repeat until the snow has stopped falling and then crews will begin working on other roads.
“For a storm of this potential significance, there are several other factors that we do consider. For example, making sure we can maintain continuity of transit services, maintain continuity of our solid waste and collection systems and that we can keep those arterial and collector roads safe and accessible and drivable during the winter storm,” Warren said.
If more than 25 centimetres of snow fall in the city, a residential plow will be called. Warren said that more information would be provided if that is the case.