Some programs and services are on the chopping block as officials scramble to avoid a massive city deficit this year.
A report going before council tomorrow recommends cutting the snow removal budget, decommissioning trolleys a year early, charging people to use LRT parking lots and cutting back the hours of city leisure centres, among other things.
MONTREAL (AFP) – Each snowstorm that hits Montreal is a prelude to a highly choreographed ballet: some 2,200 trucks straight out of a sci-fi movie launch into a frenzied race to evacuate the white powder.
New bylaw on snow clearance and snow removal
At its November 4 meeting, Saint-Laurent Borough Council adopted a new bylaw respecting the clearance and removal of snow originating on private property
Snow-clearing crews in Montreal have been in action since early Monday, at the beginning of the first big storm of the season, and the cleanup will cost the city $17 million, according to Coun. Marcel Tremblay.
The Toronto Star article on snow clearance problems in February 2008 highlighting issues for side street residents.
