City crews have been busy managing roads, bridges, and pathways through Calgary’s first snowfall of the season Monday, and emergency crews have also responded to multiple crashes.
Overnight, Calgary Police say there were 14 non-injury collisions and six injury collisions.
This includes one that sent a pedestrian to hospital in life-threatening condition after they were hit by a vehicle on 17 Avenue and 52 Street SE around 11:30 p.m. Monday night.
One crash Tuesday morning was at 20 MacEwan Drive NW between a school bus and another vehicle. Calgary Fire Department (CFD) Public Information Officer, Carol Henke, says none of the kids on the bus were hurt, but the person in the vehicle was injured. No further information is available about that person’s condition.
There was also a collision on Sarcee Trail and 112 Avenue NW Tuesday morning involving a Calgary Transit bus and two other vehicles. It is unknown whether anyone involved was injured.
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660 NewsRadio Meteorologist Kevin Stanfield says the northwest quadrant of the city got hit especially hard with snow.
“It’s incredibly location-dependent, but if you were in the northwest, you might be waking up to eight centimetres of fresh snow,” he said.
The sun is expected to come out Tuesday afternoon.
“Now, we’re under a ridge of high pressure and that means we’re facing some sunshine and melting weather throughout the day,” Stanfield explained. “Westerly wind gusts between 20 and 30 km/hr this afternoon will really contribute to the melt.”
The snow has stopped falling across the city as of 8 a.m., meaning crews have transitioned to the Priority Snow Plan.
The first 18 hours will see crews plowing and clearing snow on Calgary’s busiest roadways like Crowchild Trail and Macleod Trail, as well as downtown roads and cycle tracks. Deerfoot Trail and Stoney Trail are maintained by the province.
Within 24 hours, the city is also expected to clear prioritized pathways, sidewalks bordering city-owned properties, pedestrian bridges, vehicle bridges, LRT platforms, and other public areas with high-volume traffic. Crews will also work to clear around 1,300 high-use bus stops.
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