Snow clearing changes still 4 winters away

By Kate Porter, CBC News Ottawa, April 4, 2019

Ottawa residents will have to wait four winters to see the results of a wide-ranging review of the standards city crews use to determine how quickly and how thoroughly they clean up after a big snow storm.

On Wednesday, Ottawa's transportation committee set in motion a major review of its winter maintenance standards, which haven't been updated since 2003.

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The report and its recommendations won't be tabled until the fall of 2021, in time for 2022 budget deliberations. That means any changes implemented as a result won't come until the winter of 2022-23, after the next municipal election, according to public works general manager Kevin Wylie.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/city-winter-maintenance-standard-review-1.5083420