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When Montreal talks about snow removal, they mean the actual removal of snow. Here’s how they do it: When significant snow is expected, signs go up announcing on-street parking bans.
Earlier in November, Mayor Valerie Plante cited the rising cost of snow removal — up 100 per cent year over year in some boroughs — as one of the reasons she had to increase property taxes by ...
The challenge facing Montreal snow-removal crews this week is without precedent: two big storms back to back have left more than 70 centimetres of snow to clear. It's the most in a four-day period ...
Montreal's blue collar workers have exactly 12 hours starting Wednesday morning to begin snow removal operations after the city's first winter storm.
“One thing to keep in mind about Montreal,” McGilpin said, is that its snow removal budget is $153 million, or 3.2 percent of its total budget, whereas Boston’s is $18.5 million, or 0.7 ...
The City of Montreal says this is its earliest snow removal operation ever, breaking the Nov. 19 record from 1983. But Montreal Mayor Valérie Plante said Monday citizens can be reassured: "We are ...
The cost of snow-removal trucks has exploded in recent years, Vodanovic said, because of COVID-19 supply chain disruptions and the war in Ukraine, where many parts were manufactured.
MONTREAL — There's a saying in municipal politics: win snow removal, win the day. But as inflation takes a toll on tight city budgets, the price of winning that battle is rising.
There’s a saying in municipal politics: win snow removal, win the day. But as inflation takes a toll on tight city budgets, the price of winning that battle is rising. Take Montreal, where a ...