City of Lethbridge’s snow route season begins; crews prepare for arrival of winter weather [Video]

LETHBRIDGE –

As overnight temperatures continue to dip below freezing, the City of Lethbridge has launched its second annual snow route season ahead of winter.

Snow routes can be activated anytime between Nov. 1 and April 1, when the City of Lethbridge’s transportation operations department deems it necessary.

“First, we plow and maintain the arterial roads like Whoop-Up Drive, Scenic (Drive), Mayor Magrath (Drive), and once we are done with those, we move on to priority 2 and 3 routes,” said Juliane Ruck, transportation operations manager with the City of Lethbridge.

While there is no snow in the immediate forecast, Ruck says there will be 12 plows ready to go when the first snowfall hits.

Ruck says hiring and training of staff began in September.

“During the summer, we use our tandem trucks for just regular hauling of material, so in preparation for the winter, we suit them up with sanders and …