Don’t park that car there: City adds more snow routes for winter

Snow route tests have apparently gone well for the City of Regina: It’s adding more of them for this year’s looming winter.

The additions account for an extra 11 kilometres, bringing the total to 16 km for the 2019-20 winter.

Snow routes now include the following spots:

• Winnipeg Street – Ross Avenue to Broadway Avenue
• Victoria Avenue – Pasqua Street to Albert Street
• Victoria Avenue – Broad Street to Winnipeg Street
• Toronto Street – Victoria Avenue to College Avenue
• College Avenue – Winnipeg Street to Arcola Avenue
• Broadway Avenue – Broad Street to Park Street
• 15th Avenue – Elphinstone Street to Winnipeg Street
• 14th Avenue – Toronto Street to Winnipeg Street
• 14th Avenue – Albert Street to Halifax Street
• 13th Avenue – Broad Street to Toronto Street

Drivers can identify a snow route by a blue sign with a snowflake on it.

The city will declare snow routes when snowfall has reached five centimetres or more.

When the snow route is in effect, vehicles are banned from parking in that section for 24 hours; if the vehicle isn’t moved, it will be ticketed, the city said.

City crews will give notice at 3 p.m. the day prior to a snow route being activated.