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While Ottawa drivers and pedestrians struggled to make their way along snow-clogged side streets Tuesday morning, many city plows sat idle.
Because of cuts to the municipal snow-clearing budget, total accumulation now must reach 10 centimetres before plows are dispatched to residential streets — and that mark wasn’t hit until about 9:30 a.m. Tuesday.
In previous winters, plows were sent out for accumulations as low as five centimetres.
Snow clearing was taking place on arteries, but buses and other vehicles were having trouble getting traction on the icy surfaces.
College Ward Coun. Rick Chiarelli said traffic disruptions Tuesday morning were a sign of things to come in 2016, and the reason why he voted against cuts during budget discussions.
“There is no service more core to the reason we exist than snow clearing,” Chiarelli said. “If we’re going to handle the budget, I don’t think we should be cutting core services.”
The delay explains why many thought the city’s new, much-publicized “Where’s My Plow?” website and app had failed when they entered their home addresses and were told, “There are no plowing operations planned at this time.”
In fact, the service was working properly.
After plows were sent out to side streets later in the morning, however, it was still not providing much information: “The system is currently unable to estimate the time remaining. Please check again later.”
Environment Canada expects Ottawa to receive as much as 35 centimetres of snow before the storm ends Tuesday afternoon.
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Because of cuts to the municipal snow-clearing budget, total accumulation now must reach 10 centimetres before plows are dispatched to residential streets — and that mark wasn’t hit until about 9:30 a.m. Tuesday.
In previous winters, plows were sent out for accumulations as low as five centimetres.
Snow clearing was taking place on arteries, but buses and other vehicles were having trouble getting traction on the icy surfaces.
College Ward Coun. Rick Chiarelli said traffic disruptions Tuesday morning were a sign of things to come in 2016, and the reason why he voted against cuts during budget discussions.
“There is no service more core to the reason we exist than snow clearing,” Chiarelli said. “If we’re going to handle the budget, I don’t think we should be cutting core services.”
The delay explains why many thought the city’s new, much-publicized “Where’s My Plow?” website and app had failed when they entered their home addresses and were told, “There are no plowing operations planned at this time.”
In fact, the service was working properly.
After plows were sent out to side streets later in the morning, however, it was still not providing much information: “The system is currently unable to estimate the time remaining. Please check again later.”
Environment Canada expects Ottawa to receive as much as 35 centimetres of snow before the storm ends Tuesday afternoon.
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