Well, if you thought Prince George was snowed under during the month of February, you’re actually right.
The northern capital experienced the snowiest February on record since 1979 according to Environment Canada.
The city received nearly three feet of snow equating to about 87 centimetres with about 67 of it falling in less than a week.
“The bulk of the snow started on February 2nd and the following week due to the volumes we had to reset our priority one and two plowing procedures three times before we got into the residential areas,” says Blake McIntosh, Roads and Fleet Manager.
It’s pretty safe to say our city road crews were kept on their toes.
“There are roughly 700 kilometres of roadway in the municipal boundaries and there are about 200 kilometres of sidewalks that we have to maintain as well, we focus on the priority ones and two’s to keep the main roads open due to the fact they carry the largest volume of traffic.”
Roughly 500 dump trucks of snow per day were removed from the streets in order for proper clearing.
In total, over 13-thousand truckloads of snow were hauled to the city snow disposal facilities last month – that is enough snow to fill the CN Centre four times.
Prince George is currently under another snowfall warning with 10 to 15 centimetres of snow expected between tonight and Friday morning.
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