MONTREAL -- Montreal will launch a snow removal operation following the latest winter storm to hit the city, but not until Thursday.
The city is already clearing snow and salting roads and sidewalks, and will continue to do so, but will only start snow removal at 7 a.m. Thursday, a day after the statutory holiday on New Year's Day.
Some 2,200 vehicles will be out clearing the roughly 10,000 km of streets and sidewalks in Montreal, the city said.
Jean-François Parenteau, the executive committee member responsible for snow clearing, said Tuesday morning that the storm that hit Monday has already dropped 15 cm of snow, with another three to six cm expected in the next 24 hours.
The city says ensuring access to hospitals, public transit and major arteries will be prioritized.
This will be the second snow-clearing operation of the season in Montreal -- although the first, in early November, technically happened in the fall.
