Residential snow clearing to start Wednesday in Grande Prairie; parking ban enacted on snow routes

Feb 2, 2021 | 4:55 PM

The City of Grande Prairie has announced another round of residential snow clearing and parking bans on permanent snow routes, starting Wednesday.

Residential snow clearing, when triggered, happens in two-week rotations and is completed by snow removal crews from Monday to Friday between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m.

The schedule for when each neighbourhood will be plowed is as follows:

Monday: Crystal Heights, Crystal Landing, Hillside, Ivy Lake Estates, Mountview, Summit, and VLA/Montrose.

Tuesday: Country Club Estates, Countryside North and South, Country Club West, Patterson and South Patterson, Southview, and Signature Falls.

Wednesday: Avondale, Cobblestone, College Park, Fieldbrook, Highland Park, Riverstone, Smith, and Swanavon.

Thursday: Mission Heights, O’Brien Lake, Pinnacle Ridge, Stone Ridge, and Westpointe.

Friday: Arbour Hills, Copperwood, Crystal Lake Estates, Crystal Ridge, Gateway, Lakeland, Northridge, and Royal Oaks.

If a neighbourhood is not completed in week one of the rotation, crews return in week two to complete the area.

Also, a parking ban on all permanent snow routes is in effect tomorrow and is active from Monday to Friday between the hours of 7 a.m. to 9 p.m.

by Shaun Penner