No parking ban planned despite blanket of snow on Calgary streets
CBC News | Posted: January 9, 2017 2:20 PM | Last Updated: January 9, 2017
Commuters asked to give crews room to work as they clear priority routes
The city is asking motorists to give crews extra room Monday as they work to get the major routes clear after as much as five centimetres of snow fell overnight.
Roads are slippery and the city's transportation department is reminding Calgarians to drive according to conditions.
Brittany Kustra with the roads department says crews are focusing on priority one routes such as Macleod Trail, Glenmore Trail and Crowchild Trail.
There are no plans yet to declare a snow-route parking ban, she said.
Police said they were called to 55 collisions, two that involved injuries, between midnight and 10 a.m.
Snowfall warnings have ended for the Calgary area, but the city is forecast to be stuck in the deep freeze, with a high of just –19 C Monday and –18 C Tuesday.
But it's expected to steadily warm all the way up to 9 C by Saturday.