Good Morning Ward 24!<\/p>\n
For the snow event of January 27, here is an update on Transportation Services’ \u00a0winter operations plans as of January 28 at 9AM.<\/p>\n
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***Note: \u00a0These plans are estimates only and subject to changing conditions such as timing of the event and the amount of precipitation.****<\/strong><\/p>\n \nWeather:\u00a0 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.<\/p>\n \n Roadway Salting:<\/strong><\/p>\n – Currently salting local roads only as a followup to local road plowing.<\/p>\n – Local salting to be completed by 11am.<\/p>\n \n Roadway Plowing:<\/strong><\/p>\n – Plowing operations on local roads were completed by approx 2am in all areas.<\/p>\n \n Trails & Separated Bike Lanes:<\/strong><\/p>\n – Cleanup operations on the Martin Goodman Trail resumed this morning at 7am.<\/p>\n – Cleanup operations on the separated bike lanes resumed this morning at 7am.<\/p>\n \n Sidewalks & Bus Stops:<\/strong><\/p>\n – Mechanical sidewalk clearing on high & low volume routes was completed by approx. 10:30pm in all areas<\/p>\n – Bus stop clearing was completed at approx. 7am Monday.<\/p>\n \n I will post more information as it becomes available from City staff<\/p>\n For up to the minute updates please follow Transportation Services on Twitter at @TO_WinterOps and on our real-time public GPS site at \u00a0http:\/\/www.toronto.ca\/plowto<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0\u200b<\/p>\n \n All my Best,<\/p>\n \n Paul<\/p>\n \n \n \n \n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Good Morning Ward 24! For the snow event of January 27, here is an update on Transportation Services’ \u00a0winter operations plans as of January 28 at 9AM. \u00a0\u200b ***Note: \u00a0These plans are estimates only and subject to changing conditions such as timing of the event and the amount of precipitation.**** Weather:\u00a0 Dry conditions are likely … <\/p>\n