City of Regina set to start residential street plowing

Starting Monday, city crews in Regina will get to work plowing more than 530 kilometres of residential roads.

Chris Warren, the city’s director of roadways and transportation, said streets will be plowed between 7 a.m. and 5 p.m., every day. The city said the work is expected to take about 11 days.

“The result is dependent on the amount of snow being plowed and the number of parked vehicles or obstacles the equipment must plow around,” Warren said during a media conference Friday.

“Residents can help plowing crews to be more effective and efficient by knowing when their neighbourhood is scheduled to be plowed by moving vehicles off the street during the plow.”

The residential plow was triggered by two recent storms that dropped 18 centimetres of snow on the city in the span of four days.

The city started its response with a systematic plow of Category 1 to 4 streets and transit routes. Now, the crews’ focus is to shift to residential roads, which get plowed after 15 cm of snow falls.

People are reminded to use caution while driving near snow equipment, to stay back at least 15 metres — or 3.5 car lengths — from these vehicles, and to not drive in between the equipment if they see a group of graders and trucks working in a staggered formation.

Residents can find out when their streets will be getting worked on by visiting the city’s website.