Schools to remain closed Tuesday as snow cleanup continues in St. John's metro
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NLSchools says all schools in the St. John's metro region will remain closed on Tuesday to allow for snow cleanup.
Meanwhile, the City of St. John's is asking residents to stay off the roads as much as possible while plows attempt to clean up the latest dumping of snow. More than 100 cm of snow fell in the area in less than a week.
A statement from the city on Sunday evening said it is not considering declaring a state of emergency, as they believe asking residents to stay off the road will provide enough relief for snow-clearing efforts.
The city also cancelled Monday's garbage collection, and is keeping the on-street parking ban for cars outside the downtown area.
“If you don’t have to go somewhere, please stay at home. But if you have to go out, be very careful," St. John's Mayor Danny Breen told CBC Radio's The St. John's Morning Show on Monday.
This comes after a flurry of posts on social media comparing the recent storms to the one known as Snowmageddon in 2020. That storm dropped 76 cm of snow on St. John's, and 93 cm in neighbouring Mount Pearl and Paradise.
The past week's snowfall has resulted in a whopping 144.8 cm in Paradise, and more than 100 cm in St. John's, according to weather observers Lloyd Leaman and Kelly Butt.
But Breen said the conditions are different this time around, and a state of emergency is not needed. Snowmageddon hit in one fell swoop, while the latest storms have happened over the span of nearly a week. The 2020 storm was also paired with sustained high winds for days on end, packing the snow in and keeping plows off the roads at times.
“It’s not based on the amount of snow we get, it’s based on the conditions and the circumstances you’re in at the time," Breen said.
The mayor advised the best thing people can do now is keep their cars off the streets as much as possible so crews can go to work widening roads.
Speaking at a media availability later Monday afternoon, Breen said the city made “great progress” in cleaning up and most streets are now open, but work remains to widen roads, improve sightlines at intersections and clear sidewalks.
The city has a snow storage facility at Robin Hood Bay and Breen said the city has applied for a permit from the federal government to dump snow in St. John's harbour.
Breen said it will enable the city to move more snow faster if it’s in the harbour and not being transported to the facility in the east end.
"So just [it's] more efficient if we can take the snow, particularly in the downtown area to the harbour," he told reporters.
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