Given all of Grande Prairie’s recent snowfall, residents might be wondering when their streets will be cleared, and with no sign of slowing down, the city has issued a reminder regarding its residential snow-clearing schedule.
To start, residents are reminded that snow clearing in neighbourhoods does not happen automatically after every snowfall; it is only initiated when there is a “significant” buildup that requires clearing. After some changes to the city’s snow-clearing policy, that number is set at 13 centimetres of accumulated snow.
Snow clearing crews begin with Priority One, Two, and Three roads before moving into the neighbourhoods. After it is initiated, residential snow clearing follows a two-week rotation across “A” and “B” neighbourhoods.
Officials say that after the two-week cycle ends, residential clearing will not continue until the city declares it again. The city says the decision to begin a new clearing cycle depends on snowfall amounts and the forecast.
The city also offers a free community sandbox, located at the City Service Centre, for residents to use on their driveways and sidewalks to prevent slippery conditions in neighbourhoods.
