I’m originally from a pretty rural place, so snow clearing consisted of a plow simply pushing the snow to the side of the road.
That obviously doesn’t work in a dense urban area like Montréal. When I lived there, I was amazed at the snow removal process. The plows are accompanied by big trucks in which they throw the snow, which then gets dumped in these huge snow mountains around the city. It’s quite an intense process. Also anyone who’s lived in the city has heard the dreaded siren at 3am on a snowy night when someone forgot to move their car for the plow.
I’m originally from a pretty rural place, so snow clearing consisted of a plow simply pushing the snow to the side of the road.
That obviously doesn’t work in a dense urban area like Montréal. When I lived there, I was amazed at the snow removal process. The plows are accompanied by big trucks in which they throw the snow, which then gets dumped in these huge snow mountains around the city. It’s quite an intense process. Also anyone who’s lived in the city has heard the dreaded siren at 3am on a snowy night when someone forgot to move their car for the plow.
Here’s a great video from a Montréal-based urbanism YouTube channel about the snow removal process, which includes the siren in the first few seconds.