Central Avenue before and after the snow lift. (Dawson Thompson/paNOW Staff)

By Dawson Thompson

Downtown snow lift

Downtown gets snow lift one week after snowstorm

Nov 18, 2020 | 1:26 PM

After the snowstorm that hit Prince Albert the weekend of Nov. 7 to 8, the city started its snow lift of downtown streets Tuesday night.

Prince Albert roadways manager Brent Kennedy said staff should be nearly done the lift by the end of today.

“There will be a few streets left by the end of the day, but we’ll probably be back tomorrow to finish the rest,” Kennedy told paNOW.

Kennedy also mentioned the unusual amount of snow is what held their crews back a week.

“There is a lot of snow, so it took us longer than normal,” Kennedy said. “I think by the end of the day we’ll have 12th Street and First Ave. E. left.”

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Central Avenue and 11th Street, Wednesday morning after the snow lift. (Dawson Thompson/paNOW Staff)

The roadways manager said once the work has been completed downtown their next focus will be to finish school zones. Residential zones were completed over the weekend.

He said the public made it easy for the plows to do their job.

“We have never grated on the weekend in residential zones before,” Kennedy explained. “The public was really good in coming out and moving their vehicles so the plows could go through.”

The large amount of snow in the city can make it difficult to park your vehicle in some areas. The city is reminding the public to leave as much room as possible for cars to go by when choosing a place to park.

“Some of the streets are going to be narrower now because of the snow ridge,” Kennedy said. “When people are parking on the streets they should try and leave enough room so people can get in and out.”

Emergency vehicles

P.A. Fire Department Deputy Chief Alex Paul wants the community to have emergency vehicles in mind.

“We just want to encourage residents in the neighborhoods to be careful when they’re parking on the streets. If you have two residents parking on opposite sides of the streets it narrows the driving lane to a point where we can’t get through sometimes,” Paul said.

School bus drivers are asking the public to be aware of where they are parking and to allow as much room as possibe for buses to get through to get kids to school on time. (submitted photo/Facebook)

Traffic bylaw

Craig Guidinger, planning manager for the city, said there will be fines handed out to any vehicles that are blocking roadways.

“We do have a traffic bylaw in place,” Guidinger said. “Our bylaw enforcement officers are out right now and associated fines will be given to vehicles not in compliance.

“There is also the cost of the towing and the recovery of the vehicle, that is where the real cost lies. If there is a vehicle in the middle of the street, we do not just issue a parking ticket, we have to tow it to clear the road.”

The snow from the lift downtown has been taken to snow dumps outside the city.

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