The return of Winter
Posted Mar 5, 2012 12:43 pm.
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“If people don’t need to be on the road ways, they should just stay home or stay where they’re at,” says Duty Inspector Darren Cave of the road conditions in Calgary, Monday morning.
The city’s thoroughfares could be in much worse shape come Tuesday morning since a system that infiltrated Calgary city limits early Monday morning is supposed to wreak its greatest havoc in the evening hours Monday and into the wee hours of Tuesday morning. By the time the system passes by mid-day Tuesday, the city could see up to 15 centimetres of snow, while the Banff-Lake Louise corridor along the Trans-Canada Highway could be dealing with 30 centimetres or more.
“People need to slow down and realize” (it’s) “going to be slow … because of the number of accidents out there and just the road conditions being what they are,” adds Cave about the drive to and from work for Calgary commuters.
Police are fielding all kinds of complaints about slippery driving conditions especially at intersections, on/off ramps and hills.
“With people breaking on those parts of the road way, they become iced up real quick,” says Cave. “And of course city crews, my understanding is they do the best they can to get out there, but there’s just so many intersections that have to be covered, it comes down to a priority basis.”
City Roads crews are making the rounds in the city, laying down salt and gravel to improve conditions. But police don’t expect the drive to improve much until well after Tuesday morning’s commute has wrapped up.
The best way to keep abreast of trouble spots in the city as well as regional highways? Tune in Traffic on the 1’s, every 10 minutes, on 660News.
