Snow Removal on Collector/Bus Routes Begins January 19

News Release

Snow Removal on Collector/Bus Routes Begins January 19, 2015

Due to significant snow accumulation through December and January, the City of Edmonton’s Transportation Services Department will be removing excess snow from residential bus/collector routes starting Monday, January 19.

“We’ve been doing overnight snow removal from around school loading zones during the last week, and now we’re going to get rid of the windrows along the collector/bus routes where we plowed so we can widen the driving lanes,” says Roland Aitchison, Acting Director of Roadway Maintenance. “This work will take approximately three weeks. Crews will need to have unobstructed access to those roads during this time.”

Parking restrictions will run from Monday through Friday, 7am until 7pm. Parking will be allowed on residential bus/collector routes on evenings and weekends. Temporary ‘no parking’ signs will be placed 24 hours in advance in areas where work is taking place, and strict enforcement in the form of both ticketing and towing will take place before crews bring in the heavy equipment necessary for the operation.

“We deliberately chose to use temporary, location-specific parking restrictions rather than implementing a city-wide seasonal parking ban,” says Aitchison. “Given the nature of the operation, it made more sense to ban parking only where crews will be working. We appreciate everyone’s cooperation as we clean up these areas over the next several weeks.”

Citizens are reminded that where signs appear, parking is banned until snow removal has been completed and the signage removed.

For additional information, please visit bus route snow removal.