City says residential streets won’t be plowed in wake of storm

The City of Regina won’t be plowing residential streets in the wake of the snowstorm that hit the city on Tuesday and Wednesday.

In a media release Thursday, the city said about 10 centimetres of snow fell during the storm. A residential plow is done when 15 centimetres or more falls.

A systematic plow, which starts with the city’s busiest and high-speed roads, starts when snowfall reaches five centimetres.

However, the City of Regina did put snow routes into effect on Wednesday afternoon.

No on-street parking is allowed along identified routes from Thursday at 6 a.m., to Friday at 6 a.m. That will allow crews to plow selected roads from curb to curb, improving traffic flow.

The parking ban is in place where there are blue signs with a white snowflake. Vehicles that are parked on a snow route during the parking ban will be ticketed.