City crews are working to remove snowbanks left behind by this weekend's snowstorm and residents of Ottawa say help can't come soon enough.
People say they're running out of places to put all the snow, and it’s creating hazardous conditions for everyone."The snowbanks have been huge and hard to get by," she says. "They're taller than me, and I'm pretty tall.""The street I'm on is a two-way street but people are like, 'Is this a one-way street because it looks like a one-way street.
City crews say it could take until next week before they're finished clearing all of the streets, sidewalks and snowbanks. City staff say they're confident they can get it all done. Snowbanks on some residential streets downtown have already been cleared. Ottawa resident Doug Dempster spent some time Monday chipping away at the remains, especially around the nearby catch basin.
"Over the weekend, we had a fire where two crews had to shovel out a hydrant," he said. "It took over 10 minutes to get at the hydrant, which really affected our water supply."
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