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PAGE 34 When our crews clear the roads, they must maintain a certain speed to keep the plow moving with its load of snow. Sometimes, with the shape of these special streets, an arc of snow will spray up onto the sidewalk. If this happens, and oz your sidewalk F4 ’ becomes buried, let us s TL know. We‘ll send a oo aa B iges crew to clear away the [ / ,,% excess snow as soon t _ msC as we have available a * h ".â€"4 staff *Auer t l _1 Too Much of a Good Thing? During the winter months, residents often ask us why snow is piled in the centre porâ€" tion of culâ€"deâ€"sacs or on radius corners. Once we have a large accumulation of snow our loaders place excess snow on the cityâ€" owned portion of streets or boulevards. Many residents prefer to have the snow transterred to some other location, but our time and equipment budgets cannot cover the related costs. Piling the Snow dards our plows must follow. For example, plows begin work on culâ€"deâ€" sacs and radiusâ€"cornered streets whenever we have an accumulation of 13 cm (5") of snow, while intersections, and frequently traveled roads, are plowed when there is less snowfall. Intersections are plowed to bare road, residential streets are maintained at a snowpacked condition. These guidelines are set to reflect safety, volume of traffic, and budgetary concerns. 80. When Do We Plow? k. "Agck»: AMUNITaÂ¥AINEORMAId O N Every street is caretully designated for snow removal operations. From bus routes and intersections to culâ€"deâ€" sacs and streets with radius elbow corners, there are specific guidelines and stanâ€" we will have a supervisor assess the volume and take action if warranted. Please remember this would be an unusual situation. We hope you will understand that during stormy weather conditions, our crews‘ first priority is to clear the roadways and get everyone moving safely again. Although we all look forward to having the streets plowed, no one really looks forward to that pile of snow left at the end of the driveway. We understand your frustraâ€" tion with this situation. Once you‘ve cleared your driveway, it can be annoying to see it obstructed with a pile of snow, or a windrow, left behind by the plow. Plows push most of the accumulated snow along the roadway, but some snow normally travels alongside the blade. As the plow moves past driveways, that snow falls to one side forming a windrow. It‘s up to the homeowner to clear this snow left behind by the plow. If, however, a windrow of snow appears to be excessive, WHAT‘S A WINDROW, AND WHY IS IT IN MY DRIVEWAY? Mss th