In response to the Environment Canada alert of a freezing rain warning in effect in
our area, the County of Renfrew has declared a Significant Weather Event that
will impact travel and services throughout the municipality.
This declaration is made pursuant to Ontario Regulation 239/02, Minimum Maintenance Standards
for Municipal Highways.
A Significant Weather Event means an approaching or occurring weather hazard
with the potential to pose a significant danger to users of the highways within the
municipality. This declaration suspends the standard timelines required for
municipalities to meet their winter maintenance objectives until the municipality
declares the Significant Weather Event has ended.
In each case, during a declared Significant Weather Event, the standard for addressing winter maintenance is to
monitor the weather and to deploy resources to address the issue starting from
the time that the municipality deems it appropriate to do so. When the
municipality has declared the event has ended, the standard timelines for winter
maintenance activities will resume.
The County of Renfrew wishes to note that the declaration of a Significant
Weather Event is not notice of a reduced level of service or a road closure. The
declaration is to notify the public that due to the current or forecasted conditions,
caution is to be observed when travelling on Renfrew County roads and that it
may take longer than usual to bring the condition of the roads back to a state of
repair due to the freezing rain.
A notice will follow once the Significant Weather Event declaration has ended.
Freezing rain expected tonight and possibly into Tuesday morning.
Hazards:
Freezing rain. Slippery roads and surfaces
Power outages
Timing:
Late this evening into early Tuesday morning.
Description:
Freezing rain and some snow will develop tonight as a low pressure system approaches the lower Great Lakes. The freezing rain may be heavy at times overnight and will transition to rain or snow early Tuesday morning. Some ice accretion is possible on surfaces, possibly 2 to 4 millimetres of ice accretion. A few areas east of Georgian Bay and across Algonquin may see about 5 centimetres of snow accumulation late overnight into Tuesday morning.
###
Surfaces such as highways, roads, walkways and parking lots will become icy, slippery and hazardous. Utility outages may occur.
Freezing rain warnings are issued when rain falling in sub-zero temperatures creates ice build-up and icy surfaces.
Please continue to monitor alerts and forecasts issued by Environment Canada. To report severe weather, send an email to ONstorm@ec.gc.ca or tweet reports using #ONStorm.
Recent Comments