Parking enforcement to patrol Regina snow routes

City of Regina crews will begin plowing residential roads on Thursdayunless a substantial amount of snowfalls and prevents it.

However, even without more snow, it will take workersabout two weeks to finishclearing thoseneighbourhoods.

Snow routescame into effect 6 a.m. CST Tuesday morning on portions of Victoria Avenue, Winnipeg Street and College Avenue.

The streets are clearedbased on a priority system.As of Tuesday morning, the city had plowed 50 per cent of category one roads and 26 per cent of category two.

Overall, the cleanupeffort typically takes 10 business days, according tocity manager of winter maintenanceChris Warren.

"We've gotall our equipment on the streets and our guys are working around the clock, and we will continue to do so until we clean up this mess," Warren said.

The nearly 30 centimetres of recent snowfall continuesto trouble pedestrians and drivers, and itsurpassed the norm of what crews typically deal with, Warren said.

He said the substantial amount of snow doesn't deterthe city from its mandate of clearing themajor roadways.

But Warren said he doesn't think it will be too difficult for people to get off the road.

"We're pretty confident that the majority of people will be able to get out and get their cars moved," he said.

Regina residents have also taken to social media, including the city's officialFacebook page,to express their frustrations about receiving parking tickets on Monday.

CBChas contacted the city with questions about these concernsbut a spokesperson for the city said it's unlikely a response will be given before Tuesday afternoon.

Warren said the city is up "against the clock" as they try toget the snow removed, while also working to get the catch basins ready for the melt.

The city has brought in 14 contractor graders as well as four contractor loaders to help.

Warren said that the city typically has workers operating 45 pieces of equipment during a systematic plow.

Furthermore, about one-third of those workers are on overtime.

"We would just ask the public to have some patience," said Warren.