City announces changes to winter parking bans

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The snow route parking ban is being replaced by a winter route parking ban, the City of Winnipeg announced this week.

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The new winter route parking ban will apply from 2 a.m. to 7 a.m., when in effect. The ban may start for the season on or at any time after Nov. 1, based on weather conditions. The city says it will provide seven days’ notice prior to the ban coming into effect. The earliest a ban could be declared is on Oct. 24, if it were to start on Nov. 1.

The ban would be lifted in the spring when it is no longer needed, though it can remain until the end of April if required.

The previous route parking ban didn’t allow parking on certain streets between 2 a.m. and 7 a.m. daily from Dec. 1 until the last day of February. The dates did not change from year to year, regardless of weather conditions and without accounting for unseasonable weather such as an early start or late end to the winter season.

The city says that on-street signage is being updated to show “Winter Route” rather than the current “Snow Route.” It is expected to take crews several months to update all the signs in the city.

If people are unsure about whether the annual parking ban applies to a specific location they are asked to use the online address lookup tool, the Know Your Zone mobile app or contact 311.

The extended winter route parking ban limits overnight parking on designated winter routes from midnight to 7 a.m. The city says it will declare this ban when extra time is required to complete clearing snow, which will most often happen after a major snowfall or when snow has accumulated to a high level.