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Last week Council debated several amendments to the already heavily revised Snow Policy. The revised policy as approved by Council is here. There was significant debate about whether the City should be plowing residential roads down to bare pavement after every snowfall. In the end Council decided that we should aim for maintaining a 5cm… Read More
Following up to last week’s post on the latest round of Snow Policy work, I can confirm that Council intervened and, as you may have read in the media, the blanket seasonal parking ban on bus routes has been suspended. At the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee meeting on September 6, I proposed that all we… Read More
Nobody wants a repeat of last winter’s road conditions, so Council and Transportation Services continue to work toward cost effective policy changes that will improve city response times after major snow storms. We have already purchased more equipment that will allow us to remove windrows faster and more plow trucks to service residential streets. I’ve… Read More
[Update, May 10, 2011: the thorough and reassuring report responding to the Inquiry was discussed at Transportation committee. It can be downloaded here.] As was widely reported earlier this week, I bore witness firsthand to a breakdown on the LRT that left hundreds stranded during rush hour, some for up to 50 minutes, on one… Read More
Let me start with an apology for the snow service Edmonton residents have received this winter. Our response to the conditions was not good enough and I am sorry for the disruption. I must also express gratitude for the efforts of our staff and contractors who have generally done their best under the circumstances, and… Read More