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Chewing up snow banks can leave slippery spots

There are fewer school buses and more OC Transpo buses on the roads today.

There are fewer school buses and more OC Transpo buses today

Doug Hempstead · CBC ·
A team of a big snow blower and long transport truck clears snow moved onto Slater Street in downtown Ottawa Jan. 21, 2020. It can be slippery when those lines of snow are churned off the road. (Andrew Foote/CBC)

Good morning commuters!

Another cold one, if you ask me.

The weather, not a beer. It's a bit early.

There was some major snow removal happening overnight, so be on the lookout for fresh slippery spots.

Some places our morning crew noticed: Carling Avenue in Michele Heights and Britannia, downtown on MacLaren and Slater streets as well as along Richmond Road through Westboro and Hintonburg.

There will be fewer school buses again today due to more one-day strikes.

This time transportation has been cancelled to all English Catholic schools, for public schools in Renfrew County and English public schools in the Belleville area.

Transportation is still running to all OCDSB (English public) schools.

There are also extra buses doubling up parts of the LRT line today due to enough trains having been taken out of service for repairs. 

Have a great day!

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Doug Hempstead

CBC Ottawa's traffic specialist

Doug Hempstead is CBC Ottawa's traffic specialist and can be heard on CBC Radio's Ottawa Morning and All In A Day. Originally from the Ottawa Valley, Doug is an award-winning journalist with more than 20 years of experience in the region covering all types of news. You can reach him when he's on air at 613-288-6900. Tweet him at @cbcotttraffic or @DougHempstead. His e-mail is doug.hempstead@cbc.ca.

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