SASKATOON — The City of Saskatoon has completed more than 60 per cent of rut shaving on residential streets and expects to complete all neighbourhoods by Wednesday, Feb. 16.
Throughout the weekend, 26 city and contractor graders worked day and night shaving down the top layer of ruts on residential streets.
Important messages for residents:
- Vehicles on the street - Grader operators will go around parked vehicles, but the city encourages 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.
Forecast for snow
The Environment and Climate Change Canada weather forecast for Saskatoon is for two to four centimetres on Monday night and again on Tuesday.
When it snows, some operators will be reassigned to plowing and sanding on priority streets. If there is more than 5 centimetres of snow, all city crews and most of the contractors will stop rut shaving and move to grading on Priority 1, 2 and 3 streets.
To find progress and frequently asked questions, visit saskatoon.ca/snow daily.
