The clean-up is in full progress, following the 58 centimetres of snow that fell on Timmins this past weekend.
City public works manager Shane Skinner notes that a bit more fell Sunday evening, so overall, we were âhit quite heavilyâ.
The wind didnât help much, especially once sidewalk plowing got underway.
âLuckily, we had crews working throughout the weekend and were able to do some more work on Sunday, and weâre still carrying on this week, says Skinner.âAs soon as weâre gone through, a lot of times some of the stuffâs drifted back in, but weâre trying to maintain as best we can.â
The effort to open streets and sidewalks has now changed to removing snowbanks and other types of accumulation. Skinnerâs workers are also maintaining the work theyâve done.
âWe want to make sure that the catch basins and so on have access for drainage and runoff, once everything starts melting, hopefully shortly, according to the weather forecast.â
You can hear more about this on the audio link below, including something to be aware of now that the sidewalk in front of your property is plowed.