Where is my plow ottawa

So how did the app fare when put to the test during a period of heavy snowfall? Read on to find out:. According to the Where Is My Plow website , plowing will begin on residential roads after an accumulation of 7cm of snow. Transit routes are also included. As these roads are maintained and cleared at a high frequency, they are not included in the Where Is My Plow app.

The second category compromises smaller local roads, which are plowed only after an accumulation of 7cm of snow. In fact, those streets are mandated to have the fastest plow response. The city was still trying to iron out the wrinkles over the season. Councillors and the call centre are typically inundated with calls from constituents wondering when a plow would come to their streets, so the app was seen as one way to let residents check for themselves. There were still calls, of course, and they included those from people wondering what was wrong with Where Is My Plow.

The city still plans to keep the app operational behind the scenes for its own tracking and data analysis. Knoxdale-Merivale Coun. Keith Egli, who chairs the council committee in charge of snowplowing, said the city tried to do something different from other municipalities to keep residents in the loop on street clearing.

The messaging was one of the biggest problems, he said. A welcome email is on its way. If you don't see it, please check your junk folder. The next issue of Ottawa Citizen Headline News will soon be in your inbox. We encountered an issue signing you up. Roads in residential areas are typically the last roads we plow, after the first three levels have been addressed. For more detail on all these standards, you can read a thorough report about them.

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November 20, Feature Stories. Sometimes it snows and then rains before we get a chance to clear all the snow.