Snow storm Toronto

City documents obtained by CBC Toronto are raising serious questions about how prepared Toronto is when it comes to snow-clearing, days before a major storm ...

[City council voted 20-5 to move ahead with the contracts](https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/city-snowclearing-deal-vote-1.6288693), but also unanimously voted in favour of asking the city's auditor general to review the nRFP process. [extremely difficult](https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/city-snowclearing-deal-vote-1.6286195)for the companies to acquire the 925 vehicles they need to do the work. Those companies are responsible for plowing the entire city except for the Willowdale area and the Gardiner Expressway and Don Valley Parkway. In a letter to the city dated Nov. If that happens, then the snow will really hit the fan." said it was operating on a contingency plan due to a vehicle shortage caused in large part by the COVID-19 pandemic's disruption of supply chains. "And it should be shipshape to start, not questionable. Money aside, the lack of GPS means residents can't tell if a plow is coming to their area because the city's online PlowTO map was not up and running for the first snowfalls of the season. "We'll write a very stern letter to our contractor and beg them to do better? In addition, not all of the equipment has GPS tracking installed, the documents show. That said, the contractors have a contract. 21 (days after the first big snowfall), using equipment that still needed to be checked and calibrated, and has at times not been equipped with signage required by Ontario law.