Ah, how the snow showed its mighty force

It snowed so much and it was so windy that about thirty centimeters of snow quickly accumulated on the ground. Even the bravest of residents had to double their efforts to clear the snow during the peak of the storm, because the gusts of wind brought back more snow; although the snow was cleared gradually.

The public works teams of about 40 employees assigned to clear snow and a dozen contractual workers manning the equipment worked hand in hand to clear the snow on the day of the snowstorm, Sunday, according to Francine Morin, responsible for Communications for the Borough.

Mrs. Morin added that all of the sidewalks in the Borough could not be cleared before Tuesday because of the amount of snow and the strong winds; the loading of snow however started at 3:30 Tuesday morning and continued in the following days to finish off clearing all the new snow.

As provided by the snow clearing operation, the main streets were first to be cleared of snow – like Wellington Street – for its narrowness and two side-parking and also for the many businesses that operate there.

In parallel, on l'Île-des-Sœurs Boulevard which is a lot wider, the snow was also cleared quickly to allow traffic to flow uninterrupted. The snow was loaded later during the operation as there were no housing units facing the boulevard and hence no parking spaces. @ST:$8000 per centimeter