More snow hits Toronto as city continues to clear roads

Toronto dealt with another blast of snow Monday as it continuedto digout from last week's storm.

A winter weather travel advisory was put into effect, with Environment Canada forecasting between five and 10 centimetres to fall.

Poor weather conditions could make it difficult to get around the city, and driversshould expect reduced visibility, the advisory said.

"Southwesterly winds over Lake Ontario are expected to enhance the snowfall rates, especially for areas closer to the lake shore," Environment Canadasaid in itsadvisory.

The warningcame a week after the storm that hit the city on Jan. 17caused major transit and driving delays.

By Sunday, crews hadremoved more than17 million kilogramsof snow from Toronto roads, according to city officials. Cleanup operations from last week's stormare expected to last for several more days, according to a City of Toronto news release.

Officials say crews are concentratingfor now on clearing areas with limited room for snow.Sosome areas with "wide boulevards," like Scarborough and North York,will have to waitbecause they have"sufficient capacity" to keep the snow on the groundfor now, the release says.

But someTorontonians are still struggling in areasthat haven't been cleared.

In southwest Scarborough, Katherine Hoy had to call an UberMonday morning to get her kids to school becausethey couldn't walk on the sidewalks.

"People with strollers, or anybody with disabilities or young children, it's absolutely impossible to get by," Hoy told CBC News.

Meanwhile, at least one city councillor is calling for faster snow removal.

"It's understandable that the City of Toronto had challenges with snow clearing soon after a massive blizzard. But it's now been a week, and many local roads across our city haven't been plowed and too many sidewalks are still impassible," Coun. Josh Matlow, who represents Ward 12, Toronto-St. Paul's, saidon Twitter.

Matlow said he has written to Mayor John Tory and the city's manager of transportation services, "requesting an immediate strategy to ensure neighbourhoods are cleared," as wellas a plan to raise service levels in the future.

"This affects every neighborhood in Torontoour city needs to be safe andaccessible to all," Matlow said.

The snowstorm also affected business owners around Toronto. Robert Sysak, the executive director of the West Queen West business improvement area, saidit was a hard week.

"There was nowhere to put the snow because the city hasn't been able to take the snow away from the road," Sysak told CBC News.

Sysaksaidsome restaurant owners in his areadidn't open for takeout last weekbecause no one wanted to take the risk of walking onsidewalks covered with snow.

"It was like an ice rink," he said.