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NEWS Keep roads clear during snowstorms: Town of Milton Milton motorists are be- ing urged to 'be in the know' about snow and keep roads clear of cars during snow- storms. . "Town bylaw enforce- ment staff issued 177 tickets for impeding snow-clearing operations from Oct. 1 to Jan. 22. Parked cars slow down plow operators as they need to navigate around the ve- hicles and oftentimes need to back up and leave the street completely when there is insufficient space to pass a parked car. When operations crews ramp up plowing -opera- tions, the town suspends street parking exemptions to help clear roads more ef-; ficiently. - The town encourages residents to park in their garages and driveways, in parking lots of nearby pla- zas/businesses (ask first!) or in the town's overnight parking lot at 222 Mary St. "The biggest challenge presented during recent snowstorms was the large numbers of cars parked on the road, which impeded road and sidewalk-clearing operations," said Paul Cripps, commissioner, en- gineering services. "During a recent storm, there were 60 streets that could not be plowed by operators due to parked 'cars, which pre- vented us from helping mo- torists and pedestrians travel to where they needed to be." : Another challenge for plow operators is the boule- vard (town property be- tween the home's property and the road). The town is asking residents to keep the boulevards clear of basket- ball nets, lawn ornaments, stonework and other fea- tures that can interfere with the plow as it passes along the street Once two centimetres of snow has accumulated, op- erators plow roads, starting with higher priority/traffic regional and town roads, followed by arterial and then collector roads. These roads are cleared to bare, centre bare or snow- packed, according to their STEVENSON MACDONALD "SWAN 4 + classification, within two to 12 hours after the end of the storm, depending on how much snow has accumulat- ed. Residential roads are plowed after priority areas and once 10 centimetres of snow has accumulated, with the plowing starting as soon as the storm has ended. Residential roads are plowed to a "snow "packed" standard and not "bare pavement" as these roads are a different classi- fication than priority roads. With snow accumula- tions of five centimetres or more, the town plows side- walks and pathways associ- ated with schools, transit routes and major pedestri- an travel. Residents' and business. owners are re- sponsible for clearing snow on sidewalks that are not designated on the town's sidewalk plow routes. Resi- dents are reminded that snow should not be shov- elled or blown ontq side- + walks, roads or town! prop- erty. Residents are asked to PERSONAL INJURY =< MEDICAL MALPRACTICE Ce kd Sol Lallale sd ed Trial Lawyers Serving t Oakville, Milton and Burlington wait until 24 hours after a storm has ended before re- porting a snow-related is- sue by contacting engineer- ing services at (905) 878-7252 ext. 2500, engineering@mil- ton.ca or using the myMIL- TON mobile app (www. mil- ton.ca/mymilton). More information about snow control, - including snow plow routes and re- sponse times for roads and sidewalks, visit www.mil- ton.ca/snow. INDIRA'S Ann Miltonians are urged to keep roads cl cars during snowstorms. ual FREE Family Day Movie The LEGO Movie Metroland file photo ear of parked Doors open at 9:30 a.m. Film Starts at 10:00 a.m. 7 N vr Galaxy Theatres Milton 1175 Maple Avenue 2 / Celebrate Family Day with a special, FREE presentation of the LEGO Movie, hosted by MPP for Halton, Indira Naidoo-Harris. > Constituency Office Ia Saturday, February 17, 2018 810zZ '1 Aueniqa4 'Aepsiny] | uoidwey ueipeued Uo | ~ } re NA IW, 0% With 11), Edith ! 1 . [GST A OR ego IIe (0108 8 1 J CII: PACT ET Phone: 905-878-1729 aldoo-harris. mpp.co@iinetr wood uo)eyapisul www.indiranaidoohartis.ompp.ca