GRAVENHURST LIFTS EMERGENCY STATE, KEEPS ‘SIGNIFICANT WEATHER EVENT’ DECLARATION

GRAVENHURST – The snow remains heaped high, but the Gravenhurst lifted it emergency declaration as of 11 a.m. Monday.

Regular winter maintenance operations will continue throughout the municipality, they said this morning.

This includes snow removal along roads and sidewalks in addition to the placement of sand and salt as required. 

However, a significant weather event declaration will remain in place as a precautionary measure. The declaration suspends the standard timelines to meet winter maintenance objectives. 

“On behalf of council, I want to thank our public works staff, our contractors, and our municipal partners for all their assistance with the cleanup,” Mayor Heidi Lorenz said. “I also want to recognize our staff who helped in other ways – the individuals sitting on our emergency control group, people answering phone calls and e-mails, the team that opened our town hall to stranded travellers, and the team that launched and ran our reception centre.”