It's official now. January 2019 is the snowiest on record for Ottawa, with 97 centimetres, as of yesterday. It's impossible for city crews to keep up with the situation. Driving conditions are the worst I have ever seen. Many streets are simply impassible, with only one lane. Some are like cow paths with two wiggly ruts down the street. There's nowhere to park. Short drives have to be carefully planned out, to avoid getting stuck. It didn't snow today but it was cold and windy; about -24 with the windchill.
As I have mentioned before, Ottawa used to have a holiday from construction. Truck drivers would haul snow to the snow dump, not dirt. However, this is 2019, the era of extreme greed, so no time is wasted.
As the sun rose on Kenora Street this morning, this is what greeted us.
Today was the day they chose to backfill the construction site on our block.
So, in addition to the narrow street, lined with snowbanks, we had huge trucks blocking our way for most of the day.
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| The sidewalk plows are also missing in action. |
In the late afternoon I set out for the nearby residential neighbourhood of Champlain Park. I had to alter my route because of a school bus, stuck in a snowbank. At one point I came to a corner and couldn't turn right or left because of a huge truck and trailer blocking both directions. My only option was to continue along the street, following this excavator as it rumbled along to its next conquest.
This city, this area, is a madhouse today. As our neighbour said tonight, "With this cold, snow and extreme traffic challenges, you just want to stay inside. "
Tomorrow is January 31st. Besides being our regular garbage day (Pity those poor drivers), I suspect it is moving day for the new infill house across from us. That's what we need here - moving trucks!
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