REGINA - After Regina was hit with a lump of snow over the weekend, the City of Regina provided an update on its snow-plowing response on Monday.
Chris Warren, the director of roadways and transportation for the City of Regina, gave insight into the current progress of snow removal.
"The city [of Regina] has cleared all high-speed roads and major roadways that take 24 hours to complete. We are currently working on high-priority roads and should have those cleared by 7 a.m. Tuesday morning. We're also working on sidewalks that are maintained by city crews and plowing all alleys city-wide," said Warren.
According to Warren, Regina received about 10 centimetres of snow over the weekend. The storm on the weekend was the second one to hit Regina in less than a week.
During the first storm, residents were vocal about the response times for snowplows, as many roads in the city were still covered after the first day.
Warren responded to questions about the comments and said, "we’re always alive and keen to hearing feedback from our citizens. So, we do appreciate that."
Warren added, "whenever we get a chance to review our service requests and review the feedback, you know, we definitely try to incorporate those types of things into the way we do this work."
He noted the storm on Monday night brought in strong winds, which Warren said created some havoc because drifting snow blocks areas of a neighbourhood.
After the city faced challenges from the Monday night storm, Warren and his team came together to communicate those challenges and their ability to adapt better for future storms.
For the cleanup over the weekend, the city had around 50 snow-removing equipment on the streets throughout various shifts starting from Friday night and into Sunday night.
With a lot of roads still being cleared from the snow, Warren is encouraging drivers to stay back at least 3.5 car lengths from snow plows or sanding equipment on the street.
He added that residents can download the Regina Sweep and Plow app to receive alerts for when a person should move their vehicles for snow plows.
