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Snow Removal Schedule April 10 - April 14, 2023

Monday, April 10, 2023

The City of Yellowknife would like to advise residents that due to the statutory holiday, there will be no snow removal on April 10th, 2023.

 

Tuesday, April 11, 2023

  • All of Stinson Road;
  • Grace Lake Boulevard from Enterprise Drive to end;
  • All of Lemay Drive;
  • All of Stirling Court.

 

Wednesday, April 12, 2023

  • All of Bellance Avenue;
  • All of Fairchild Crescent;
  • All of 41A Street;
  • 49th Avenue from 41A Street to 42nd Street;
  • 42nd Street from 49th Avenue to 49A Avenue;
  • 49A Avenue from 41st Street to 42nd Street.

 

Thursday, April 13, 2023

  • All of Mitchell Drive;
  • Raccine Road from Wiley Road to Ingraham Drive
  • Pilots Lane from Weaver Drive to Boffa Drive;
  • Boffa Drive from McAvoy Road to Franklin Avenue
  • 41st Street from Franklin Avenue to Racquet Club;
  • All of Ballantyne Court.

 

Friday, April 14, 2023

  • All of Con Place;
  • Rycon Place from Con Road to Robertson Drive;
  • Lane off Rycon Place to house 24;
  • All of Piro Court;
  • All of Majaesic Court;
  • All of Lyons Point;
  • All of McMahon Court; and
  • All of Findlay Point.

 

Residents must ensure parked vehicles are removed from these streets by midnight on the date scheduled for snow removal or they will be removed (towed). Residents are advised that there will be traffic delays in snow removal areas and if possible, to use an alternate route to avoid delays. The City asks residents to ensure Curbside Carts are returned to your property prior to the scheduled snow removal on your street. The City thanks you for your patience and reminds residents to use caution in snow removal areas and not pass moving equipment.

Snow Removal Schedule April 3 - April 7, 2023

Monday, April 3, 2023

  • All of Hershman Road;
  • All of Stout Road;
  • Bryson Drive from Franklin Avenue to Brock Drive;
  • Ingraham Drive from Weaver Drive to McMeekan Causeway;
  • All of Harriets Lane;
  • All of Glick Court.

 

Tuesday, April 4, 2023

  • All of Catalina Drive and lane between Norseman Drive and Anson Drive;
  • Lane between Norseman Drive and Catalina Drive;
  • Heal Court both sides off Finlayson Drive;
  • All of Vaydik Court;
  • All of Nutall Court;
  • All of Glowach Court;
  • All of Perkins Court;
  • All of Denison Court;
  • All of Tees Court.

 

Wednesday, April 5, 2023

  • Anson Drive from Norseman Drive to end;
  • Con Road from house 108 to house 136;
  • All of Spence Road;
  • All of Daniels Court;
  • All of Avery Court.

 

Thursday, April 6, 2023

  • All of Brock Drive;
  • Ragged Ass Road from Brock Drive to Hamilton Drive;
  • Hamilton Drive from Franklin Avenue to Bretzlaff Drive;
  • Bretzlaff Drive from Hamilton Drive to Franklin Avenue;
  • Hamilton Drive from Franklin Avenue to Stout Road;
  • All of Lundquist Drive;
  • 47th Street and 48th Street off School Draw Avenue to house 5508

 

Friday, April 7, 2023

The City of Yellowknife would like to advise residents that due to the statutory holiday, there will be no snow removal on April 7th, 2023.

 

Residents must ensure parked vehicles are removed from these streets by midnight on the date scheduled for snow removal or they will be removed (towed). Residents are advised that there will be traffic delays in snow removal areas and if possible, to use an alternate route to avoid delays. The City asks residents to ensure Curbside Carts are returned to your property prior to the scheduled snow removal on your street. The City thanks you for your patience and reminds residents to use caution in snow removal areas and not pass moving equipment.

Snow Removal Schedule March 27 - March 31, 2023 (Alleys)

Monday, March 27, 2023

  • Alley between 52nd Street and 53rd Street from 50th Avenue to house 4914
  • Alley between 52nd Street and 53rd Street from 50th Avenue to house 5023
  • Alley between 52nd Street and 53rd Street from 49th Avenue to house 4912
  • Alley between 51st Street and 52nd Street from 50th Avenue to 49th Avenue
  • Alley between 50th Street and 51st Street from 50th Avenue to 49th Avenue
  • Alley between 49th Street and 50th Street from 50th Avenue to 49th Avenue
  • Alley between 48th Street and 49th Street from 49th Avenue to Shoppers Drug Mart
  • Alley between 48th Street and 49th Street from 49th Avenue to Bowling Green 

 

Tuesday, March 28, 2023

The City would like to advise that there will be no snow removal in downtown alleys on Tuesday March 28, 2023 due to garbage pick up

 

Wednesday, March 29, 2023

  • Alley Behind YK Center From GoGa Cho Building to 49th Avenue
  • Alley between 48th Street and 49th Street from 51st Avenue to 52nd Avenue
  • Alley between 49th Street and 50th Street from 51st Avenue to 52nd Avenue
  • Alley between 50th Street and 51st Street from 51st Avenue to 52nd Avenue
  • Alley between 51st Street and 52nd Street from 51st Avenue to 52nd Avenue
  • 44th Street and 45th Street off School Draw Avenue to the lake

 

Thursday, March 30, 2023

  • Alley between 52nd Street and 53rd Street from 52nd Avenue to Union Building 5106
  • Alley between 52nd Street and 53rd Street from 52nd Avenue to 53rd Avenue
  • Alley between 51st Street and 52nd Street from 52nd Avenue to Fraser Tower
  • Alley between 53rd Street and 54th Street from 52nd Avenue to 53rd Avenue
  • Alley between 54th Street and 55th Street from 51st Avenue to 52nd Avenue
  • Alley between 54th Street and 55th Street from 52nd Avenue to Con Road

 

Friday, March 31, 2023

  • Alley behind Mildred Hall School from Franklin Avenue to Matonabee Street
  • Alley behind Northern United Place to Nordic Arms
  • Alley between 55th Street and 56th Street from 51st Avenue to 52nd Avenue
  • Alley off 51A Avenue to Ravens Court
  • Alley behind Matonabee Street from Franklin Avenue to Matonabee Street
  • Alley between 55th Street and 56th Street from 52nd Avenue to End
  • Alley off 50A Avenue 

 

There will be no signage posted 24 hours in advance prior to snow removal. Please have vehicles and garbage receptacles removed from these areas. The City thanks you for your patience and reminds residents to use caution in snow removal areas and to not pass moving equipment.

Snow Removal Schedule March 27 - March 31, 2023

Monday, March 27, 2023

  • Franklin Avenue from 49th Street to 43rd Street;
  • 54th Street from Franklin Avenue to 53rd Avenue;
  • 51st Avenue from 54th Street to Slide Hill;
  • 45th and 46th Street Courts off School Draw Avenue.

 

Tuesday, March 28, 2023

  • Franklin Avenue from 43rd Street to School Draw Avenue;
  • All of Albatross Court;
  • All of Butler Road;
  • All of Ward Crescent.

 

Wednesday, March 29, 2023

  • All of Stevens Crescent;
  • All of Wilkinson Crescent;
  • All of Jason Court.

 

Thursday, March 30, 2023

  • Franklin Avenue from School Draw Avenue to Weaver Drive;
  • All of Gwilliam Crescent;
  • All of Wong Court;
  • All of Lovell Court;
  • All of Brown Court.

 

Friday, March 31, 2023

  • All of Jeske Crescent and Jeske Court
  • All of Bartesko Court;
  • All of Foreman Court.

 

Residents must ensure parked vehicles are removed from these streets by midnight on the date scheduled for snow removal or they will be removed (towed). Residents are advised that there will be traffic delays in snow removal areas and if possible, to use an alternate route to avoid delays. The City asks residents to ensure Curbside Carts are returned to your property prior to the scheduled snow removal on your street. The City thanks you for your patience and reminds residents to use caution in snow removal areas and not pass moving equipment.

Snow Removal and Heavy Snow Fall

The City of Yellowknife wishes to advise residents that in the event the city experiences heavy snow falls, the City may have no choice but to push snow from roads to the curbs in order to keep roads open to traffic. If this method is used, this will create a snow ridge across residents' driveways and snow on sidewalks, residents will have to shovel out their driveway entrances and if possible, help in cleaning the sidewalks. City By-law No. 4063 states that if residents are shoveling out their driveways, they must not put snow back onto the street as this can be a traffic hazard.

Snow Removal Operations

The City removes snow from Yellowknife's roads and where possible the sidewalks. Snow removal is generally performed once in residential areas and twice in the downtown core.

 

Snow removal operations involve a grader removing snow from roads and sidewalks. This process may result in a drop off at residents' driveways.  The height may vary, depending on snow accumulation, but could be in the 100-300mm range (4-12 inches). Residents should plan on ramping their driveway to street level after snow removal as this is not performed by the City.

 

If driving before snow removal is completed, motorists should keep to the right of snow piles placed in the center of streets.

 

Residents must ensure parked vehicles are removed by midnight of the scheduled day or they  will be removed (towed).

Snow Removal Priority System

The City carries out snow removal, snow ploughing and winter street sand placement (sometimes referred to as sanding) to increase traction on the road and improve pedestrian and motorist safety. The City carries out snow removal on a priority system. High traffic areas and areas close to schools have a higher priority than low traffic residential roads.

 

The City asks for your continued patience as we work towards removing snow from City streets. We have received requests from some residents to carry out snow removal on their street, however we are not able to do so. To accelerate a request would mean postponing snow removal from a street that has a higher priority. A few reasons why a street may have a higher priority are: high vehicle or pedestrian traffic, location of a school, street may be narrow (a public safety concern), trucked services, public or school bus transit, etc. We do however investigate resident concerns, and if snow removal is not scheduled to take place soon, the City will plough the road with a grader in an attempt to improve the condition of the road. In the meantime, please drive safely.
Snow Removal from Sidewalks
See our Sidewalk Cleaning page for information on snow removal from sidewalks.

Snow Removal

  • The snow removal season typically runs from December to late April and is dependent on the weather.
  • Residents are informed of snow being removed from city streets by radio ads and signs that are placed 24 hours before removal.
  • Snow removal begins at 12:00 a.m. and takes place during the early morning to avoid conflicts with motorists, pedestrians and children at play.
  • Residents must ensure parked vehicles are removed by midnight of the scheduled day or they will be removed (towed).
  • Residents are advised that there will be traffic delays in snow removal areas and if possible to use an alternate route to avoid delays.

The City thanks you for your patience and reminds residents to use caution in snow removal areas and not pass moving equipment.

Snow Removal & Garbage Pick-Up

The City of Yellowknife needs your cooperation with snow removal and garbage pickup in your area. Please ensure streets are clear of obstacles for operators to perform snow removal in the early hours of the morning. Signs are placed 24 hours in advance in areas of snow removal so residents are aware snow removal will be taking place. The City would also like to remind residents that once garbage bins have been emptied to return them to your property so streets are clear for snow road maintenance.

The City appreciates your assistance in this matter to ensure a smooth snow removal transition.

For a map of snow plowing and sanding priorities, please visit the CityExplorer map tool.

 

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