Despite the weekend’s snowfall, Winnipeg’s manager of street maintenance said there is still not enough of the white stuff to get the plows out.
Michael Cantor said in an interview with CTV Morning Live Winnipeg on Monday the city’s policy to trigger plows on most streets and sidewalks is five centimetres of snow.
“We’ll wait for that. We got a few skiffs, mainly affecting our icy roads,” he said.
Still, that lack of snow will not prevent the city’s annual winter route parking ban from coming into effect overnight Friday.
Once the ban begins, parking is prohibited from 2 a.m. until 7 a.m. on designated streets.
While Winnipeg’s snow levels remain relatively modest, Cantor said there is other work for city crews to do, namely with ice control.
“More sanding and salting. Based on the temperatures, we can salt if the temperatures are higher than -7 C. Right now, it’s …