Media Advisory

Winter Parking Ban for Urban Core To Be Lifted Early

(Friday, March 10/06)-- The Overnight Winter Parking Ban for the Urban Core service area will be lifted, effective midnight tonight.

The ban was to be in effect until March 31, but due to unseasonably mild winter weather conditions this year, HRM’s Traffic Authority has decided to lift it early.

However, motorists are reminded that the provincial Overnight Winter Parking Ban, that went into effect on December 13, 2005, remains in effect. These parking restrictions prohibit on-street parking from 1 a.m. to 7 a.m. daily on streets and roads located in the former County of Halifax and maintained by the Nova Scotia Department of Transportation and Public Works. The ban is scheduled to be lifted on March 31, 2006.

In addition to the overnight winter parking restrictions, all vehicle owners in Nova Scotia are subject to Section 139 of the Motor Vehicle Act, which states that a vehicle may not be left on a street or road in such a manner that it might interfere with, or obstruct, snow removal or winter maintenance (salting) operations. This provincial law is in effect, 24-hours a day, year round.*

*In other words, if it is snowing or if icing conditions exist; if winter maintenance operations (e.g. snow clearing, salting) are in effect following a snowfall or as a result of icy conditions---vehicle owners are advised to park their vehicles off-street.

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John O’Brien
Manager, Corporate Communications
490-6531