City approves ambitious new targets for snow and ice removal

City officials are taking a full overhaul of the snow and ice policy to council’s community services committee Thursday, aiming to get out ahead of the storm.
The new plan is to use an anti-icing agent, calcium chloride, to spray on major roads 12 to 24 hours before a storm to prevent ice from forming. It’s a common solution many other cities use and the province uses on the Anthony Henday.
When the new approach came out last week, deputy city manager Doug Jones said he hopes it will