The cleanup begins following snow storm on the Avalon Peninsula
CBC
Many facilities remain closed Saturday in the wake of a big dump of snow on the Avalon Peninsula.
The Metrobus and GoBus are off the roads for the day. The Avalon Mall and City of St. John's facilities will remain closed. As well, NLC Liquor Stores in St. John's, Mount Pearl, Paradise and Conception Bay South will not open Saturday. Also, Saturday masses at several churches in the St. John's area have been cancelled.
Additionally, over a hundred Newfoundland Power customers were without electricity Saturday morning. For 29 customers in St. Shott's on the south coast, the power had been out since Friday morning. It was restored early Saturday evening.
Highway route 13, commonly known as Witless Bay Line, remains closed with the 511 website describing the closure as being due to icy and slushy patches, drifting snow and snow clearing equipment being unable to operate there.
"It took about four hours to clear the two car driveway I have here," said St. John's Mayor Danny Breen on Saturday afternoon. "It's a significant amount of snow."
He said City crews are hard at work, trying to clean up after the storm.
"For those people who haven't seen the plow yet, we're trying to get to you as quickly as we can," Breen said. "Our crews are all working and our equipment is fully deployed."
"The water content in the snow is extremely heavy, which is making it difficult for people trying to clear their driveways, parking spaces and walkways," Breen explained.
"If you don't have to be out, don't be out," Breen said. "There's a lot of heavy equipment moving around the city so if you want to stay home and watch Brad Gushue in the Brier playoffs tonight, that's probably a good way to spend your evening."
Environment Canada's Gander weather office reported some snowfall totals early Saturday morning.
The weather agency reported around 71 centimetres of snow fell in the St. John's airport area, 74 centimetres in East St. John's, 75 centimetres in Paradise, and 78 centimetres on the Northwest Avalon.
In the southern part of the Avalon, the Burin Peninsula, and Terra Nova east, there was between 25 to 45 centimetres of snow. Central Newfoundland, Gander, Grand-Falls Windsor and parts of the Northeast Coast got 15 to 30 centimetres of snow, with most of that falling on Thursday night.
Mike Vandenberg is a meteorologist at the Gander weather office. He said on average, Newfoundland sees about 57 centimetres of snow every March.
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