Enough snow was cleared from city streets in February to fill four CN Centres, according to city hall.
In an accounting issued Thursday of the work crews carried out last month, the city said roughly 500 dump truck loads of snow per day were hauled away, adding up to more than 13,000 truckloads and 261,100 cubic metres.
It was the snowiest February since 1979, according to Environment Canada, as about 86.8 centimetres, or nearly three feet of snow, fell over the month. Of that 66.9 cm, or more than two feet, fell during February 2-9.
Together, city crews and contractors mobilized 12 graders, eight plow trucks, 13 loaders, and 13 contracted dump truck and they were "working at full capacity 24 hours a day, seven days a week for 31 days straight" as top priority routes had to be plowed more than once during the heaviest periods of snowfall.
As well, staff at the city's parks division cleared snow from about 20 kilometres of trails and more than two dozen civic facilities.
And bylaw services had 72 vehicles towed during the more for being parked in the way of snow clearing operations - more than were towed during the entire previous winter.
The city's parking restrictions remain in effect until April 15:
- On-street parking is prohibited from midnight to 7 a.m. downtown.
- On-street parking is prohibited from 10 p.m. to 7 a.m. on priority one roads and hills, in the hospital district, and a number of other designated roads.
- On-street parking is prohibited from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. in residential areas. Parking on the side of the street with odd house numbers is permitted from 6 p.m. to 8 a.m. unless otherwise posted.
Illegally parked vehicles are subject to a $50 ticket per offence and may be towed.
Roughly 63 percent of the $7 Million snow budget for 2018 was spent from the beginning of the year to March 9, the city estimates.
