Parking ban goes into effect for full-scale plowing

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City snowplows hit the residential streets at 7 a.m. tomorrow, and the overnight parking ban begins at midnight Wednesday.

The ban prohibits parking between midnight and 6 a.m. on all streets not designated as snow routes. Vehicles violating the ban may be ticketed. The plowing of residential streets is expected to take three to four days.

Starting tomorrow, the public can access snow clearing schedule information on residential streets daily after 2 p.m. at Winnipeg.ca. Residents without internet access can get the information by calling 311.

Yesterday the city announced a major snowfall parking ban on snow routes between midnight and 6 a.m. The ban is being extended until tonight to complete the plowing of regional streets, bus routes and collector streets. Overnight Monday, 180 tickets were issued to motorists parked on snow routes, a city spokesman said.

Today, 350 pieces of heavy equipment including graders and sidewalk plows are at work.

The plowing of back lanes started at 7 a.m. today and plowing of all sidewalks is continuing.

Motorists are reminded to "drive to road conditions" and to use extreme caution when driving near any plowing or sanding equipment.

In the next two weeks, the city will remove snow piles at intersections and snow windrows on boulevards to improve visibility for motorists and pedestrians.

The total cost of the cleanup operation this week is estimated at $6 million.