Heavy snowfall: Edmonton-wide parking ban on major roads begins Thursday morning

The heavy snowfall in Edmonton has prompted the city to declare a city-wide parking ban on major roads.

The parking ban will come into effect Thursday at 7 a.m. It is expected to last three to five days.

“We ask motorists to clear parked vehicles from major roadways, bus routes and those roadways indicated as seasonal ‘no parking’ routes,” said Val Dacyk, the general supervisor of infrastructure field operations with the city’s Parks and Roads Services.

The first phase of Edmonton’s parking ban sees crews work 24/7 to clear arterial roads, collector roads, bus routes and roads within business improvement areas, including all roadways with seasonal “no parking” signs.

Parking is prohibited in those areas until the snow clearing is complete.

The city will then determine if a Phase 2 parking ban is necessary for residential and industrial roadways.