The City of Regina released its year-end financial results for 2022, which showed a general operating deficit of nearly $1.6 million. The deficit was largely due to a rise in the winter road maintenance costs seeing the City spend an extra $7.7 million on maintenance. It also marks the first time in over 30 years […]
It looks more like winter than spring across Saskatchewan as a spring storm has brought snow to the City of Regina. Tyler Bien, manager of roadway seasonal operations with the City of Regina, said city crews are currently responding in storm mode. “They’re focusing on our high-speed, high-volume roads as well as our emergency roads. […]
With the “Blizzard Warning” in effect from Environment and Climate Change Canada, the city of Regina is making sure its ready for the onslaught. Manager of of Seasonal Roadway Operations Tyler Bien says crews are scheduled 24 hours a day seven days a week. The first priority is keeping the major routes, and emergency routes […]
Environment Canada has issued a blizzard warning for southern Saskatchewan including Regina and Moose Jaw. This is an upgrade from the snowfall warning issued yesterday. High winds and heavy snow are expected from around supper time tonight into tomorrow afternoon when the wind and snow will taper off. Wind gusts could top 70 kilometres an […]
The City of Regina is again taking a serious look at making big changes to Saskatchewan Drive. Its one of the major streets in the city, and is badly in need of an upgrade. “The Saskatchewan Drive Corridor Project” will look at transforming the street from McTavish to Winnipeg. In a news release, the city […]
Police are investigating a four vehicle crash at Lewvan and Dewdney in Regina. The crash happened just after 11 o’clock and involved two trucks, a car and an SUV. Police say there were no serious injuries. Traffic was snarled for a while, while police sorted out what happened, and started to get tow trucks to […]
We were gifted with a whole lot of snow, and the city of Regina is starting a “city wide” plow, which will include residential areas. There are some 500 kilometres of roads to clear in the city, so its expected to take 12 days to get done. The plows will start rolling on Tuesday, January […]
Your ice scraper is going to get a workout this morning. This run of mild, moist air left a layer of ice on everything outside. Its pretty slippery on the roads, and sidewalks in Regina. If you are headed out of town, there are a few problems for you to be aware of. Highway 11 […]
Thanks to a pretty significant drop of snow on Regina, the city is putting the “snow routes” in effect. Its starts tomorrow (Friday) morning at 6 am, and runs for 24 hours on all streets designated by a sign with a blue snowflake. You aren’t allowed to park on a snow route, when they are […]
It not exactly the worst, but its not great. The blowing snow for the last couple of days has added a whole lot of snow to the streets of Regina and the surrounding area. Snow has blown in deeper in some spots, but any sort of hill (like the underpass near the Casino) are a […]
