Edmonton Snow Removal

• Edmonton council wants city to be more prepared for extreme winter weather

  Edmonton city councillors were set to present motions on the city's snow and ice clearing efforts. The motions looking to revamp current policies and create and emergency plan.

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  Jan 27
  
• City of Edmonton parking ban ends Saturday

  A City of Edmonton snow clearing parking ban on major roadways ends Saturday at 7 a.m.

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  Mar 1, 2024
  
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• Snow-removal plans prompt parking ban on major Edmonton roads

  After more snow fell on Edmonton's roads this weekend, the city declared a citywide parking pan on Monday and said Phase 1 will take effect at 7 a.m. on Tuesday.

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  Jan 22, 2024
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• Extreme cold weather makes snow removal challenging in Edmonton

  The city uses various vehicles for different jobs. Trucks have front-mount plows or under-body plows and can also spread traction material on the road.

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  Jan 19, 2024
• Too soon to say if snow-free November will save Edmonton money

  Edmonton just saw the driest November on record. Roughly 600 internal city staff hired for the snow and ice program have been redeployed to other city maintenance work.

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  Dec 5, 2023
• Edmonton mayor wants $5M added to snow-removal budget

  Edmonton Mayor Amarjeet Sohi proposed adding $5 million from EPCOR to the city's snow removal and clearing budget as it's expected the service will be worse this winter. 

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  Oct 12, 2023
• Edmonton snow-clearing to take longer this coming winter than last: report

  Clearing on some roads, sidewalks and paths is set to take a few days longer than it has in prior years, according to the city of Edmonton.

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  Jun 16, 2023
• Seasonal parking ban to end Tuesday night in Edmonton

  The ban, which was expected to last for four weeks, will end Tuesday at 7 p.m.

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  Feb 7, 2023
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• City official ‘hearing a lot’ from Edmontonians about snowy residential roads, says help coming soon

  A city official said blading residential roads at current temperatures would simply create more problems than it would solve.

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  Jan 18, 2023
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• City has plans to groom Edmonton residential roads as ‘conditions have deteriorated’ due to weather

  The city provided an update on snow-clearing plans Thursday afternoon, acknowledging that "residential road conditions have deteriorated given the milder weather conditions."

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  Jan 12, 2023