Winter Maintenance Notice

Town of Plympton-Wyoming
WINTER MAINTENANCE NOTICE

Snow Removal

• Under the Highway Traffic Act Section 181 – Deposit of snow on Roadway, states that “No person shall deposit snow or ice on a roadway without permission in writing to do so from the Ministry of Transportation or the road authority responsible for the maintenance of the road.”
• This generally applies to the snow that accumulates in laneways from precipitation and from private or municipal snow plowing operations. Those who insist on plowing snow from private property onto public roads can be fined.

No Overnight Parking on Roadways

• There is no overnight parking on roads between the hours of 11:00 p.m. and 5:00 a.m. January 7th until March 15th 2021 and November 15th to March 15th each year after.
• This allows for the Town’s road crews to plow the roads safely and efficiently. We ask that you please cooperate and be considerate of the road crews when they are out doing their best to keep our roads open and in safe condition for emergency services.
• Vehicles that are not in compliance will be given a first time warning and then towed if still not in compliance.

Parking on Roadway

• Under the Highway Traffic Act Section 170
  ‘Vehicles Interfering with Traffic (12) Despite the other provisions of this section, no person shall park or stand a vehicle on a highway in such a manner as to interfere with the movement of traffic or the clearing of snow from the highway. R.S.O. 1990, c. H.8, s. 170 (12).’

Sidewalks

• The trail on Oil Heritage Road will get plowed once. The trail will get a second plow once all of the roads and sidewalks have been done.

Emergency Parking Ban

• As per the Town’s Winter Operations Plan section 4.6.12 cars parked on the streets during a snow removal effort may be ticketed and/or towed away. A snow emergency parking ban may be declared by Operations Coordinator, or their designate. The Ontario Provincial Police, Lambton Detachment and media will be notified when the parking ban is initiated.

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