The Toronto Star article on snow clearance problems in February 2008 highlighting issues for side street residents.
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Snow-clearing crews in Montreal have been in action since early Monday, at the beginning of the first big storm of the season, and the cleanup will cost the city $17 million, according to Coun. Marcel Tremblay.
New bylaw on snow clearance and snow removal
At its November 4 meeting, Saint-Laurent Borough Council adopted a new bylaw respecting the clearance and removal of snow originating on private property
MONTREAL (AFP) – Each snowstorm that hits Montreal is a prelude to a highly choreographed ballet: some 2,200 trucks straight out of a sci-fi movie launch into a frenzied race to evacuate the white powder.
Some programs and services are on the chopping block as officials scramble to avoid a massive city deficit this year.
A report going before council tomorrow recommends cutting the snow removal budget, decommissioning trolleys a year early, charging people to use LRT parking lots and cutting back the hours of city leisure centres, among other things.
23 snow plowing trucks cut to 16 to plow the same area in less time! how much Co2 does that save? for a lower overall cost? this is exactly the type of passive engineering solutions we should be striving for.
The average person probably doesn
�t realize that snowplowing is a complex operation involving the interaction of several variables. To simplify this process, two University of Missouri engineers have developed models that integrate all the factors in an effort to make the service more efficient, while reducing time and resources.
