Slowly but surely, snowplows are out clearing the streets of Montreal after an intense snowstorm blanketed much of the province.
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“To ensure operations run smoothly, please move your car according to parking schedules and don’t place bins or trash bags on the curbside,” the city advised.
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As of 4:30 p.m. Thursday, about 13 per cent of Montreal’s streets had been cleared.
By borough, the numbers of streets cleared broke down as follows:
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- Ahuntsic-Cartierville: 13 per cent
- Anjou: 19 per cent
- Côte-des-Neiges-Notre-Dame-de-Grâce: 9 per cent
- Lachine: 11 per cent
- LaSalle: 12 per cent
- L’Île-Bizard-Sainte-Geneviève: Data not available
- Mercier-Hochelaga-Maisonneuve: 12 per cent
- Montreal-Nord: 12 per cent
- Outremont: 27 per cent
- Pierrefonds-Roxboro: 25 per cent
- Plateau-Mont-Royal: 10 per cent
- Rivière-des-Prairies-Pointe-aux-Trembles: 19 per cent
- Rosemont-Petite-Patrie: 17 per cent
- Saint-Laurent: 7 per cent
- Saint-Léonard: 19 per cent
- Sud-Ouest: 5 per cent
- Verdun: 16 per cent
- Ville-Marie: 10 per cent
- Villeray-Saint-Michel-Parc-Extension: 14 per cent
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There is no word yet on when all sidewalks will be cleared.
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