Good Morning Ward 24!
For the snow event of January 27, here is an update on Transportation Services’ winter operations plans as of January 28 at 9AM.
***Note: These plans are estimates only and subject to changing conditions such as timing of the event and the amount of precipitation.****
Weather: Dry conditions are likely to last through much of Monday morning before a clipper system brings substantial snow. This could be preceded by a few flurries off the lake from mid-late morning into the early afternoon due to easterly winds but more persistent snow is going to set in by mid-afternoon and continue through Monday evening and into the night. The heaviest snowfall will be from mid-afternoon through the rush hour into the evening and the early overnight, tapering to flurries second half of the night and ending near dawn. Accumulations of 7-12 cm are forecast by midnight with some pockets up to 15 cm possible. An additional 2-5cm is possible from midnight to the pre-dawn before tapering off, so a few locations could see up to 20 cm. Wind gusts of 40-60 km/h will also produce some blowing and drifting snow. Tuesday will have a mixture of sun and cloud with a few scattered flurries developing. Winds will ease but it will start to turn much colder. Bitterly cold for Wednesday with a chance of a few flurries again but sunshine in between.
Roadway Salting:
– Currently salting local roads only as a followup to local road plowing.
– Local salting to be completed by 11am.
Roadway Plowing:
– Plowing operations on local roads were completed by approx 2am in all areas.
Trails & Separated Bike Lanes:
– Cleanup operations on the Martin Goodman Trail resumed this morning at 7am.
– Cleanup operations on the separated bike lanes resumed this morning at 7am.
Sidewalks & Bus Stops:
– Mechanical sidewalk clearing on high & low volume routes was completed by approx. 10:30pm in all areas
– Bus stop clearing was completed at approx. 7am Monday.
I will post more information as it becomes available from City staff
For up to the minute updates please follow Transportation Services on Twitter at @TO_WinterOps and on our real-time public GPS site at http://www.toronto.ca/plowto
All my Best,
Paul