Due to the continued cleanup and current travel conditions, all classes in the Public Schools Branch and French language School Board are cancelled.
All Holland College locations will remain closed on Tuesday, February 6th to allow for additional snow clearing on secondary roads.
UPEI’s Charlottetown and St. Peter’s Bay campuses will be closed for the day on Tuesday to allow for snow clearing operations. The AVC Veterinary Teaching Hospital will remain open for emergencies.
Due to the continued clean up and current travel conditions, all provincial civil service offices, island-wide, are on a delayed opening until 10:30 this morning, with a further announcement by 9:30 a.m.
Plows are back out across the province this morning as the clean-up from the three-day storm is in full swing. It’s slow-going though as the snow is deep on many rural routes and the Transportation department has been using V-plows to try and punch holes in those roads that are completely plugged by deep, firmly packed snow.
The roads are snow covered and slippery, and of course sightlines are also hindered by the high snowbanks.
In Charlottetown, crews were working yesterday to clear them enough to get traffic flowing again. But there’s a lot of snow to deal with as they try and widen these streets. Again, high snowbanks are making it tough to see traffic, so drive carefully.
Charlottetown saw about 60cm of snow fall from Friday through Monday. Parts of Kings County saw more than 80cm of snow with the weekend storm system. There was less in Prince county, where some areas recorded about 15cm of snow, but that was still enough to cause whiteout conditions with those strong winds we saw.
Due to ongoing weather and uncertain road conditions, Health PEI is advising Islanders to call ahead before travelling to early morning appointments at hospitals (including surgeries/procedures), clinics and other health care services scheduled for Tuesday. A formal update about later appointments will be provided by 8:00 a.m.
Maritime Electric is reporting that more than 70 customers are affected by power outages this morning in the St Peters Harbour and Donagh areas,.
