Monday Feb. 14, 2011:
CREWS ARE PRESENTLY REMOVING WINDROWS & SNOW PILES.
MONDAY, FEB. 14: Crystal Ridge, Poplar Drive & South Patterson areas.
TUESDAY, FEB. 15: Lakeland & Crystal Lake Drive areas
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Working around the clock with city crews and contractors, it took nearly 2-1/2 weeks to clear the snow from Grande Prairie streets after the extreme snowfall condition in the middle of January. This was a significant shortening of usual 5-6 weeks to get around to every street in the city under "normal" snowfall conditions. Council is now looking to review the service performance and look for ways to increase efficiencies and improve the process. I have to give credit to all those who were involved in the snow clearing. They worked for 3 weeks straight, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week to get the job done.
Other cities experienced something similar this winter and dealt with their share of challenges. One of the things that needs to be standardized is the reporting on progress and explanation of service levels. Many cities were reporting that they were able to clear their streets in about 4 days. In reality, they were clearing only their major arteries and collector roads. Our city was also able to get these cleared under 5 days. It's the residential snow removal that took most of the time.
In additional to snow clearing, we were left with 35,000 to 40,000 truck loads of snow in the windrows that are still being removed, which is a very timely process. Major collector roads were the first priority, followed by school zone and then bus routes. The crews are at approximately 60% now and working their way through residential neighbourhoods.
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