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Snow Removal
OVERNIGHT PARKING BAN
Each year the “Overnight Parking Ban” takes effect on October 1 through April 30 and everyone is asked not to park on the streets between the hours of 12:00 Midnight and 8:00 AM.
Public Works strive to have all streets plowed overnight. After heavier snowfalls, more time is required to plow.
Windrows of plowed snow with an average height in excess of 30 cm (12 in) high shall normally be removed from all front street driveway approaches in conjunction with the street plowing operation and during the same shift as the street is plowed.
As a means to provide speedy service together with an affordable mill rate, the City has maintained its present format for snow removal. Our number one goal is still to provide safe passable streets for the general public as quickly and consistently as possible.
When the snow comes, as it does every winter, the Morden Public Works Department aims to clear the whole city as quickly as possible. To do this they need your help. There are a few things that everyone can do to help speed up the process. They are;
Please do not park on the streets. This will assist in the snow-clearing operation. If you do park on the street you may be towed AND ticketed. Each year the “Overnight Parking Ban” takes effect from October 1 through April 30. Everyone is asked not to park on the streets between the hours of 12:00 Midnight and 8:00 AM. See By-Law 22BL.13-Traffic Control.
Please do not park in the boulevard area of your driveway. Vehicles left in this area may impede snow clearing as well as cause a safety issue for others by impairing visibility.
Please do not call the Councillors or the Morden Civic Centre with snow removal issues – call the hot-line at Public Works on 204-822-5119
For safety reasons, you may not push snow onto the street. If you do, the City will charge you the cost for the removal of the snow. See By-Law 17BL.16 Obstructions Municipal Roads By-Law.
The City of Morden’s first priority with respect to winter roads is to maintain safe open roadways for public use.
Generally, the following procedures are followed:
- Plowing is usually done at night, weather permitting (thus the parking ban for the winter months).
- There are two pieces of equipment for snow removal, a grader and a loader, which first clear the collector streets. A hired contractor unit is available when required.
- One unit starts at the southwest corner of the City and works its way north and east.
- The other unit plows Stephen Street and then proceeds to the east end of the City then works westward.
- Sidewalks are also opened during street cleaning.
- Typically the City is plowed by morning, depending on the amount of snowfall.
- The airdrome, Access Event Centre, and outlying areas are then addressed.
- When blizzard conditions exist priorities are given to Police, Fire, and Emergency vehicles. Snow removal equipment is on standby to permit these departments to function as necessary. City-wide plowing of streets normally begins after the storm has subsided.
- When streets are being cut down due to hard-packed snow, approaches are cleared. Approaches will also be opened by the City in circumstances where there is a fairly significant amount of wet snow, or where the amount of snowfall generates large windrows throughout the entire City (not just in isolated areas).
At the Council Meeting held on December 5th, 2011 Council adopted Policy WO-021 – Clearing Snow Windrows of Driveways. Click here to read the full policy. When the windrows are being cleared, the overall snow clearing could take two to three days longer to complete.
