Officials with the Town of Port Hawkesbury say vehicles parking on the road during snow storms remains a problem.
Mayor Brenda Chisholm Beaton says folks who do not abide by local bylaws and provincial regulations make snow clearing efforts more dangerous.
“Certainly in some of the complete white out conditions we’ve had during some of these storms, we just want to make sure that our public works staff are staying as safe as possible and it certainly makes that clearing difficult when people are parking on the side of the road.” She said.
According to CAO Terry Doyle, staff have been working with the RCMP to enforce these regulations when necessary.
“They have been visiting homes where cars are left on the side of the road and instructing them to move those vehicles. We have given orders to have vehicles towed, those vehicles have been moved before we were able to execute that, but certainly strict enforcement is happening.” He said.
Doyle says town staff is somewhat frustrated that not everyone is getting the message.
“There’s still a number of cars that are left on the road while our plows are on the road and it is causing issues during the storm, but even more so afterwards. Where a car that gets moved after the road is plowed and there’s large chunks of snow and ice left on the road which causes danger for other motorists and that’s the biggest concern.” He said
Winter parking is referred to in section 139 of the Nova Scotia Motor Vehicle Act.