In a move to take the burden of clearing snow in regional roads off the shoulders of Oshawa, a letter has been forwarded to the office of the Director of Public Works Services, requesting his department to do maintenance on regional roads during the winter season.

For many years, Oshawa has shouldered the task of doing clearing work on the many regional roads across the city, this according to a report done by the works committee.

But that might all change before the cold weather ends, as recommendations were made during a works meeting which took place just recently in the area. These recommendations call for the region to do salting and plowing work on regional roads north of and including Bloor Street. The potential agreement also stipulates that the region must load and haul snow and create teams to do spring cleaning like street sweeping and road flushing.

If the deal pushes through, folks from Oshawa can breathe a well-deserved sigh of relief, seeing as they’ve done the hard work of winter maintenance for many years.

Furthermore, the money used on maintenance can now be used for other endeavors like the construction of new facilities, and projects to improve the community, certainly a good thing for Oshawa residents.