(Barrie, ON) – The City of Barrie remains under a Significant Weather Event as crews continue working to restore winter maintenance standards following recent heavy snowfall.
While progress is being made daily and overnight, some areas of the city still experience narrowed residential streets, blocked or partially blocked sidewalks, cycling lanes, and curb or right-turn lanes. Crews and contractors are actively addressing these conditions through large-scale snow lifting and hauling operations, removing hundreds of truckloads of snow each day and night to designated snow storage facilities. So far, the City has removed 3500 truckloads of snow, which is equivalent to about 24 Olympic size swimming pools. Snow clearing and treatment operations are also being impacted by a province-wide road salt shortage, requiring crews to carefully manage and prioritize available materials.
Snow-lifting crews are focusing on neighbourhoods with narrow streets, laneways, sidewalks, bridge decks, and other priority locations where snow cannot be safely pushed aside. Regular residential plowing continues to remove slush and snow, and areas with significant ice buildup may require additional grading in the coming days.
With warmer temperatures today, City crews will also be monitoring and responding to potential localized flooding.
The Significant Weather Event will remain in place until service levels across the city return to normal. The City thanks residents for their continued patience as crews work to complete the cleanup.
So far, Barrie has received 210 cm (over 6 and half feet) of snow this winter season. Barrie’s annual average snowfall is 286 cm (just over 9 feet).
To see daily updates on winter maintenance and learn more about Barrie’s winter maintenance levels of service, visit barrie.ca/snow.
