Winter 2020 - Snow Clearing in Thunder Bay

THUNDER BAY - Thunder Bay is a winter city. Yet often it seems to many in the city that snow clearing efforts are a new experience every year.

Drivers who seemingly forget to drive to the conditions, and city roads crews who do not seem sometimes to fully understand that the level at which they do their jobs impacts hundreds if not thousands of people.

As a Northern Winter City, Thunder Bay has experienced two major snowstorms in January 2020. Clearing of city streets and sidewalks has presented some significant challenges. In our downtown areas, business access and frankly, customer and pedestrian safety is put at risk. This winter, especially through January, we experienced quite mild conditions many times throughout the month. This has left snow melting and having nowhere to go in many cases.