How much snow does London get?
On average, London receives just over 210 centimetres (7 feet) of snow each winter. A major snowfall can produce an accumulation of 30 centimetres (12 inches) of snow. How much do you have to clear? The City is responsible for clearing over 3500 lane kilometres of roadway with 62 plows and 23 sander/salters. The City is responsible for clearing 1300 kilometres of sidewalk with 33 sidewalk plows. The City clears 2100 bus stops for the London Transit Commission. Clearing bus stops requires special plow attachments, so we can only do this after the sidewalks have been cleared. Which streets get plowed first and why? Streets designed as “priority” streets are cleared first, then crews take care of the remainder of the streets. The city is divided into 62 areas or “beats.” Each beat is made up of a street list starting with the priority roads. Priority roads carry the higher volumes of traffic and are most easily identified as main (arterial) roads or secondary collector roads. These are th
