Snowfall alert
Latest update
Friday, January 19, 6:00am
Crews have been dealing with freezing rain over night and are currently salting priority 1 and 2 routes.
The roads will warm up this morning and crews will continue to apply salt and plow priority 3 routes, but not until the priority 1 routes are safe.
Current road conditions:
* Priority 1 routes are 100% clear
* Priority 2 routes are 90% clear
* Priority 3 routes are 60% clear
View the snow removal priority route map
Crews will be out throughout the day continuing to salt and plow all routes, clear and salt school zones, and clear the remaining main sidewalks, multi-use paths, and parking lots.
Previous updates
Thursday, January 18, 4:45pm
Snow is expected to start a transition to rain this evening, but there is a chance of freezing rain.
Crews worked on clearing our priority 3 routes today and got 75% of them done. However, this afternoon’s snowfall meant they needed to turn their attention back to priority 1 and 2 routes and hills.
Current road conditions:
* Priority 1 routes are 100% clear
* Priority 2 routes are 100% clear
* Priority 3 routes are 75% clear
As of this afternoon, about 75% of sidewalks and drop off areas are completed in school zones. Crews have also cleared 25% of our priority 1 route sidewalks and about 50% of our multi-use pathways.
The temperatures are increasing, which means salt will be more effective and helpful.
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Thursday, January 18, 7:30am
Crews cleared all mains and school zones over night, and priority 2 and 3 streets are getting cleared now. Today crews are also working to clear bike lanes, bus stops, multi-use paths, and school zone sidewalks. Once school zone sidewalks are cleared, crews will turn to clearing main sidewalks throughout the District.
Current road conditions:
* Priority 1 routes are 100% clear
* Priority 2 routes are 70% clear
* Priority 3 routes are 40% clear
View the snow removal priority route map
Wednesday, January 17, 7:15pm
The snow has stopped and the weather is forecast to stay clear and cold throughout the night.
Current road conditions:
* Priority 1 routes are 100% clear
* Priority 2 routes are 30% clear
* Priority 3 routes are 0% clear
Tonight, crews will work to clear all priority 2 routes and then will salt all priority 1 routes again.
View the snow removal priority route map
Parks crews will begin their snow-clearing work at 4 a.m. tomorrow morning to ensure priority sidewalks, multi-use paths and bike lanes are ready for the morning.
Snowfall is expected to resume tomorrow afternoon and to continue through the evening before turning into rain early Friday.
This is the final update for the day.
Wednesday, January 17, 4:30pm
Crews are turning their focus to clearing priority 2 routes at this time.
Current road conditions:
* Priority 1 routes are 100% clear
* Priority 2 routes are 10% clear
* Priority 3 routes are 0% clear
View the snow removal priority route map
We will provide a final update for the day at approximately 7pm this evening.
Wednesday, January 17, 2:35pm
As snow continues to fall in the District, our Snow Command team is on the road 24/7, clearing snow from our major arterial streets.
Consider only essential travel at this time until conditions improve. If you are travelling, please give snowplows plenty of patience and distance on the road.
While our Streets team focuses on roads, Parks department crews are busy clearing and salting sidewalks, bike lanes, paths and other spots.
Once conditions have stabilized on priority one and two streets, crews will attempt to clear local streets.
The snowfall has impacted transit, and some routes have been cancelled or modified. Please visit TransLink’s webpage for service updates.
