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Throughout the weekend 26 City and contractor graders worked day and night shaving down the top layer of ruts on residential streets. Their progress and an updated 3-day list of neighbourhoods is available daily at saskatoon.ca/snow by 8 a.m.

Important messages for residents:

• Vehicles on the street - Grader operators will go around parked vehicles, but we encourage people to move them if there is off-street parking available.
• Snow piles - As graders shave off the top layers of ruts the snow will be pushed into piles along the curb.
• Skipped streets - Some streets that were too narrow for graders to access in completed neighbourhoods will be scheduled soon and posted with No Parking signs in advance.
• Clean-up work - Completed streets will be inspected within 24 hours and repairs will occur within a few days where excessive snow ridges obstruct driveway access.
• Back lane ruts, industrial area ruts and priority street snow removal – Resources will be allocated to these areas as the residential street rut shaving completes. More details will be coming soon.

Thank you for your patience and for leaving space for our operators and equipment to safely do their work.

Find progress and frequently asked questions, visit saskatoon.ca/snow daily.

Forty percent of residential streets (by total distance) has been completed, working day and night since Thursday night.

Some streets that were too narrow for graders to access in completed neighbourhoods will be scheduled soon and posted with No Parking signs in advance. This plan will be available in the coming days.

We thank residents for staying back from equipment for their safety and the safety of operators, as the visibility for the operator in large equipment can be a challenge.

Today 26 graders will finish neighbourhoods that weren’t completed last night and move through the following neighbourhoods over the next few days, continuing through the night.

For February 13-15, 2022

• Adelaide/Churchill
• Arbor Creek
• Avalon
• Buena Vista
• City Park
• College Park
• College Park East
• Confederation Park
• Dundonald
• Exhibition
• Fairhaven
• Grosvenor Park
• Haultain
• Holliston
• Lakeridge
• Lakeview
• Massey Place
• Montgomery Place
• Nutana Park
• Pacific Heights
• Parkridge
• Pleasant Hill
• Queen Elizabeth
• Riversdale
• Rosewood
• Silverwood Heights
• Sutherland
• The Willows
• Varsity View
• Westview
• Wildwood
• Willowgrove

Important messages for residents:

1. All residential streets in these neighbourhoods will have rut shaving.
2. Grader operators will go around parked vehicles but we encourage people to move them if there is off-street parking available.
3. As graders shave off the top layers of ruts the snow will be stored in the parking lane.
4. If a street is too narrow due to parked vehicles, it will be skipped and be scheduled for another day. Watch for No Parking signs with an upcoming date for grading.
5. Completed streets will be inspected within 24 hours and repairs will occur within a few days where a snow ridge extends across a driveway and is more than 15 centimetres (6 inches) deep.

For progress and more information, visit saskatoon.ca/snow daily.

After assessing the progress of rut shaving on city residential streets since this work started on Thursday, the City is adding more neighbourhoods for February 12-14 to the website schedule.

There are now 34 neighbourhoods on the next outlook schedule where City and contractor crews will either be completed, be in progress or have started within the extended period. That includes after midnight on the February 14 night shift.

Please refer to saskatoon.ca/snow regularly for the latest schedule. For the most part, this information will be updated once daily by 7:30 a.m.; however, we may add neighbourhoods based on progress.

Important messages for residents:

• All residential streets in these neighbourhoods will have rut shaving.
• Grader operators will go around parked vehicles but we encourage people to move them if there is off-street parking available.
• As graders shave off the top layers of ruts the snow will be stored in the parking lane.
• Please don't push snow from your property or sidewalk onto the street as it creates more issues for drivers and can delay rut shaving.
• If a street is too narrow due to parked vehicles, it will be skipped and be scheduled for another day. Watch for No Parking signs with an upcoming date for grading.
• Completed streets will be inspected within 24 hours and repairs will occur within a few days where a snow ridge extends across a driveway and is more than 15 centimetres (6 inches) deep.

Thank you for your patience and leaving space for our operators and equipment to safely do their work.

For progress and more information, visit saskatoon.ca/snow daily.

Important messages for residents:

1. All residential streets in these neighbourhoods will have rut shaving.
2. Grader operators will go around parked vehicles but we encourage people to move them if there is off-street parking available.
3. As graders shave off the top layers of ruts the snow will be stored in the parking lane.
4. If a street is too narrow due to parked vehicles, it will be skipped and be scheduled for another day. Watch for No Parking signs with an upcoming date for grading.
5. Completed streets will be inspected within 24 hours and repairs will occur within a few days where a snow ridge extends across a driveway and is more than 15 centimetres (6 inches) deep.

Thank you for your patience and leaving space for our operators and equipment to safely do their work.

For progress and more information, visit saskatoon.ca/snow daily.

City and contractor crews worked through the night shaving off the top layer of snow ruts on all streets in Aspen Ridge, Briarwood, Eastview, North Park and Nutana.

Today, 12 teams of two graders each will finish neighbourhoods that weren’t completed last night and move into the following neighbourhoods, continuing through the night:

• Evergreen
• Kelsey-Woodlawn
• Kensington
• Lakewood Suburban Centre
• Richmond Heights
• River Heights
• Stonebridge

All residential streets in these neighbourhoods will have rut shaving. Grader operators will go around parked vehicles but we encourage people to move them if there is off-street parking available. As graders shave off the top layers of ruts the snow will be stored in the parking lane.

Thank you for your patience and leaving space for our operators and equipment to safely do their work.

For progress and more information, visit saskatoon.ca/snow daily.

*This report includes road restrictions on Priority 1 (high traffic, high speed) streets only.

NEW

No projects are scheduled to start on Priority 1 streets as of this date.

ONGOING

No projects are ongoing on Priority 1 streets as of this date.

All restrictions will be lifted as indicated, weather permitting and barring any unforeseen circumstances.

For more information about current road restrictions and construction, visit saskatoon.ca/construction.

*This report includes road restrictions on Priority 1 (high traffic, high speed) streets only.

NEW

51ST ST E EB LANES CLOSED FROM FAITHFULL AVE TO 1ST AVE N
(Hydrant replacement)
Start: February 13, 8:00 a.m. End: February 13, 8:00 p.m.

ONGOING

No projects are ongoing on Priority 1 streets as of this date.

All restrictions will be lifted as indicated, weather permitting and barring any unforeseen circumstances.

For more information about current road restrictions and construction, visit saskatoon.ca/construction.

Mild temperatures over the past couple of days are creating deep ruts on some residential streets. City and contractor crews are shifting their focus to shaving down the deep ruts where people are getting stuck or there’s a risk of damage to vehicles.

Beginning this evening, graders will start to shave the top layers of ruts on residential streets with severe rutting and store the snow in the parking lane. Snow removal may only occur in areas where there is no room to store the snow.

“To open up these streets quickly for residents, we need to move fast,” says Terry Schmidt, General Manager of Construction and Transportation. “Colder temperatures are coming soon which will make grading harder for us.”

Grading will be done by neighbourhood starting on the streets where the ruts are at least 15 centimetres deep, making it challenging for smaller vehicles. We will go around parked cars but encourage people to move vehicles if there is off-street parking available.

On streets with heavy on-street parking that are too narrow for our equipment, we will post No Parking signs in advance and relocate vehicles left on the street.

The work will occur day and night and we hope to complete all severely rutted streets within the next two weeks. This may be extended if there is a snow event that requires some staff to address priority street grading.

While grader operators attempt to keep driveways unobstructed, short snow ridges may be left behind. The location may be inspected for clearing if it completely blocks a vehicle from accessing the driveway.

Starting tomorrow, regular updates will be provided on saskatoon.ca/snow with neighbourhood locations. Note that grading will accommodate garbage and recycling collection schedules. Thank you for your patience and leaving space for our operators and equipment to safely do their work.