No parking ban planned despite blanket of snow on Calgary streets

The city is asking motorists to give crews extra room Mondayas they work to get the major routes clear after as much as five centimetres of snow fell overnight.

Roads are slippery and the city's transportation department is reminding Calgarians to drive according to conditions.

Brittany Kustra with the roads departmentsays crews are focusing onpriority one routes such asMacleod Trail, GlenmoreTrail and Crowchild Trail.

There areno plans yet to declare a snow-route parking ban, she said.

Police saidthey were called to 55 collisions, twothat involved injuries, between midnight and 10a.m.

Snowfall warnings have ended for the Calgary area, but the city is forecast to be stuck in the deep freeze, with a high of just 19 C Monday and 18 C Tuesday.

But it's expected to steadily warm all the way up to 9 C by Saturday.