The city’s Streets Manager says crews are prepared to work around the clock to clear the streets when it is snowing in Kamloops.

Glen Farrow says the city has been running three shifts since November, noting that during major snow events, there is often an overlap as crews start and end their shifts.

“We look at the last two days, the amount of snow that we’ve received and the timing of that snow, that creates a bit of a challenge because we have 11 operators staying on those main arterial roads in their respective zones,” he said on NL Newsday.

“We might do a bit of a loop on a bus route or a collector, but definitely not touching any local roads.”

Farrow says the city also prioritizes higher elevations to ensure the snow up there is removed more frequently.

“The truck out in Westsyde, he has a significantly larger zone so he’s not passing that street as frequently as a truck up on Pacific Way or Aberdeen Drive,” Farrow noted. “The zones are kind of established in such a way.”

The city’s mandate is to clear arterial routes within 4 hours, secondary routes within 16 hours, and residential streets within 36 hours after a snow event ends. After a snowy Monday and Tuesday, there is more snow in the forecast starting tomorrow into Sunday.

And the snow clearing efforts after the recent snow events has been praised by Kamloops councillor Mike O’Reilly.