Salt & Plow
The level of service maintained on any one particular street will depend on its overall importance to the transportation system, as well as the Provincial Minimum Maintenance Standard for snow clearing activities.
It is essential to concentrate a greater effort on streets that are vital to servicing a large portion of the City's population.
City Council has mandated that Winter Maintenance activities comply with Provincial Minimum Maintenance Standards.
1. The minimum standard for snow accumulation is,
- While the snow continues to accumulate, to deploy resources to clear the snow as soon as practicable after becoming aware of the fact that the snow accumulation on a roadway is greater than the depth set out in the table; and
- After the snow accumulation has ended and after becoming aware that the snow accumulation is greater than the depth set out in the table, to clear the snow accumulation in accordance with subsections 2 and 3 or subsections 2 and 4, as the case may be, within the time set out in the table
2. The snow accumulation must be cleared to a depth less than or equal to the depth set out in the table.
3. The snow accumulation must be cleared from the roadway to within a distance of 0.6 metres inside the outer edges of the roadway.
4. Despite subsections 3, for a Class 4 highway with two lanes or a Class 5 highway with 2 lanes, the snow accumulation on the roadway must be cleared to a width of at least 5 metres.
5. This section,
- Does not apply to that portion of the roadway designated for parking; and
- Only applies to a municipality during the season when the municipality performs winter highway maintenance
6. In this section.
"Snow accumulation" means the natural accumulation of new fallen snow or wind-blown snow that covers more than half a lane width of roadway.
| Class Of Highway |
Depth |
Time |
| 1 |
2.5cm |
4 hours |
| 2 |
5cm |
6 hours |
| 3 |
8cm |
12 hours |
| 4 |
8cm |
16 hours |
| 5 |
10cm |
24 hours |
Icy Roadways
1. The minimum standard for treating icy roadway is,
- To deploy resources to treat an icy roadway as soon as practicable after becoming aware that the roadway is icy; and
- To treat the icy roadway within the time set out in the table after becoming aware that the roadway is icy.
2. This section only applies to a municipality during the season when the municipality performs winter highway maintenance.
| Class Of Highway |
Time |
| 1 |
3 hours |
| 2 |
4 hours |
| 3 |
8 hours |
| 4 |
12 hours |
| 5 |
16 hours |