District of Lantzville - Road Snow and Ice Procedures

Island life, as we know it, usually does not involve the ‘winter’ experience like most other areas of Canada. However, we are not always immune to Mother Nature and do find ourselves dealing with some level of snow fall usually during the months of November thru March.

Therefore, we thought it might be timely to inform residents that the District contracts snow removal/deicing services with Windley Construction.

At times when we do experience snowfall there are steps that residents can take to keep themselves safe and which will assist our contractor when clearing snow from our roadways as follows:

ensure your vehicles are off the road (and in your driveways/private property). This will allow our contractor safe and easy access to clear the roads.
if possible, stay off the roads during a snowfall.
for safety purposes do not use the roads as playgrounds i.e., sleigh ride areas, etc.

Our contract with Windley Construction does identify which roads receive priority for clearing during periods of heavy snowfall versus others. Our contractor’s first priority is to clear those roads identified as ‘Primary’ as follows:

1. Primary Roads – Aulds, Dickinson, Lantzville, Superior and Ware (regional transit, school, and emergency access required)

2. Secondary Roads – Examples of secondary roads are Caillet Road, Harwood and Southwind Drive.

Residents are reminded that should snowfall be ongoing the contractor will return to those Primary roads should snow continue to accumulate and as a result, may not make it to secondary roads, cul-de-sacs and side roads for twenty-four hours.