The Town of Parry Sound declared its “Significant Weather Event” over as of 9:30 AM Friday.
Mayor Jamie McGarvey thanked the town’s talented crew for the work that they’ve done to try and keep the streets clear.
“We’ve had a significant snow event and on Tuesday we had to declare it as such to give our crews the time and opportunity to be able to clear the snow. We have a little bit of a reprieve today. The sun is shining, but it is colder. But I noticed this morning that our crews were out and they’re trying to get things cleaned up even more,” he says.
McGarvey says he wants to thank everybody else for their patience, adding the town went from zero to 60 in a short period of time with no snow to a lot of snow in just a few days.
Moving forward, he hopes we don’t get as much as we have been so crews are able to keep up.
McGarvey says he’s noticed neighbours helping each other, adding he saw one fellow going down the sidewalk with the snow blower for a distance to help clear things.
“I’ve always said that this is a very giving and caring community and I appreciate the fact that neighbours can help neighbours and that people can help each other out,” he says.
Vinni Bonazza, Manager of Operations says staff has almost completed cleaning up the town.
“Now we had a couple of hiccups with some garbage issues. If there are issues for residents, please call the town office, but we’ve been checking around and getting bags that are messed up. Also, the town will be starting on our plan for snow removal due to the amount of snow that we’ve got,” he says.
Bonazza says the last time Parry Sound had to declare a Significant Weather Event was Christmas of last year. He says the grand total this year was anywhere between 60 to 80 centimetres of snow.