Where does the City of Ottawa put the snow?
There are four primary methods of snow bank removal that the City employs: casting, winging back, pulling snow into the roadway and snow removal and haulage. Casting, winging back and pulling snow are the most cost effective it involves moving the snow bank from its current location to the adjacent boulevard, City lands or the roadway. Snow removal and haulage is costly and time consuming. It involves blowing or dumping snow into trucks to haul away to snow disposal facilities Casting: When onsite snow storage capacity is available, front-end loaders and/or snow blowers will relocate snow banks onto adjacent boulevards and City lands Winging back: When onsite snow storage capacity is available, snow plows (trucks, graders, and/or loaders) will cut the top of the snow bank and push the snow from the roadway onto adjacent boulevards Pulling onto the roadway: Snow banks are spread onto the traveled portion of the road in order to accelerate snow melting. During mild weather conditions, sn
