City to Begin Residential Road Snow Plow

Regina received approximately 14 cm of snow over the last week. City crews have completed a Systematic Plow of major roads and intersections and will begin a Residential Road Snow Plow on Tuesday, January 3. Local streets will be plowed between 7 a.m. and 4 p.m. every day until complete, which is anticipated to take 12 days, weather dependent.

Regina has more than 500 kilometres of residential roads. The City will use a variety of winter maintenance equipment and collaborate with several contractors to complete the work. Residents can help ensure the plow is effective and efficient by:

Know when your neighbourhood is going to be plowed.

• Type in your address online so you know when crews will be plowing in your area.
• Get alerts to move your car by downloading the new Sweep&Plow app! You can also sign up for custom notifications such as email and phone at ca/winter.
• Watch for billboards placed at entrances to your neighbourhood.
• Some areas have been split into more than one plow day to ensure waste collection pickups are not affected.
• Understand that the schedule could change depending on weather or other unforeseen circumstances.

Move your vehicle.

• On your plow day, do not park on the street between 7 a.m. and 4 p.m.
• This allows safer and more effective plowing operations as crews don’t have to work around vehicles on the road.
• Be neighbourly and offer to share your driveway when possible.

Expect snow ridges.

• Snow ridges will be left along the curb and around vehicles left parked on the street.
• While all efforts are made to minimize snow ridges, the result is dependent on the amount of snow being plowed and the number of parked vehicles or obstacles the equipment must plow around.
• Crews will not come back to plow if vehicles have not been moved.

Be safe.

• Use caution while travelling city roads and near snow equipment.
• Stay back at least 15 metres – or 3.5 car lengths – from the equipment. 

For your safety and the safety of crews, if you see a group of graders and trucks working in a staggered formation, do not drive in between the equipment.

Should Regina receive another snowfall during the residential plow, the plow would be paused and crews re-deployed to work on major roads and intersections to ensure they are safe and passable. Once that is completed, the residential plow would resume. Residents will be notified accordingly.  

We thank residents for their patience and encourage everyone to download the new Sweep&Plow app to get alerts to move their car, and find neighbourhood plow schedules at Regina.ca/winter.