Communities across southern Ontario were hit by more snow than had been seen for years Friday, and Waterloo Region was no exception.
Flurries began late Thursday, hit their peak early Friday morning and finally tapered off later in the day Friday, leaving behind a trail of school closures, traffic collisions and sore backs.
An estimated 30 centimetres of snow fell on Waterloo Region, with surrounding areas receiving similar amounts.
Local snow plows were prepared for the storm, with most cities sending crews out beginning at 3 a.m.
In Cambridge, 34 plows hit the streets.
“If we don’t have that game plan in place at least 12 hours beforehand, then it can result in disaster, and disaster equals a lot of unhappy people,” said Jamie Austin, Cambridge’s manager of operations compliance.
Austin says Cambridge is working plow operators on two shifts to clear city streets.
Police say collisions weren’t significantly higher than a normal day of winter weather, largely because many drivers opted to stay off the road.
About 40 crashes have been reported to police since 2 a.m.
At Max’s Golf Centre in the north end of Waterloo, the snowfall was blamed for causing the company’s golf dome to collapse overnight. Nobody was injured, but the business says it will be closed for about a week as it works to repair the dome.
