School zones cleared during student break
School’s out for the rest of the week, so city crews are getting on with their February snow clearing around every school in the city.
“We try and get into the school zones when the kids are out because all the vehicles that are [usually] parked around these areas aren’t there,” Brent Kennedy, the city’s roadways manager, said. “So we go in there this time of the year before the main run-off in spring.”
While there has been less thaw-freeze concerns for crews to contend with this winter the particularly low temperatures are still causing issues.
“We have to make more than one pass over the streets because the snow and ice is still sticking to the pavement with this cold weather,” Kennedy said, although he was confident all school zones would be done come Friday.