Here we go again: More snow on the way for Toronto, Environment Canada says

As the Greater Toronto Area continues to dig itself out of back-to-back snowstorms, Environment Canada says more snow is on the way. 

The government agency issued a winter weather travel advisory for Toronto — the third for the city in the last week — just after 11 a.m. Tuesday, saying it could see an additional five centimetres of snow by this evening.  

The same weather advisory also applies to some communities surrounding the city in the Durham and York regions, including Vaughan, Richmond Hill, Markham, Oshawa and Pickering.

Strong wind gusts could cause blowing snow and may lead to reduced visibility, the advisory says. 

Tuesday's forecast for Toronto calls for a high of -6 C, with wind gusts of up to 50 km/h. 

The temperature is set to fall to -15 C by the evening with wind chill values of -21 overnight.

Clearing city streets could take weeks 

Between 16 and 23 centimetres of snow fell across Toronto over the weekend, which was in addition to 15 to 20 centimetres that fell last Wednesday, the city said in a news release on Monday. 

Removing all that snow from the city's streets, sidewalks and bike lanes could take up to three weeks, the release said. 

That's because city crews can only push the snow so far before it has to be loaded into trucks and transported to the city's designated storage sites, said Toronto city manager Paul Johnson. 

"Plows moving down the street go at a relatively decent pace. If you've got a load snow onto the back of a of a of a truck and then take it somewhere for storage, it takes much longer," he said during an interview with CBC Radio's Metro Morning guest host Jill Dempsey

"So it will take some time for us to get through all of that."

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GTA commuters can expect Toronto snow to be fully removed in 3 weeks

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City of Toronto officials said on Monday it'll be weeks before crews are able to fully remove all the snow after back-to-back snowstorms blanketed much of the region. They're also warning drivers not to park in certain areas or risk getting ticketed.

Diko Nahabedian, who owns Mr. Plow King, a residential snow removal service, said the demand for his business has been "overwhelming" over the last few days. But figuring out where to put all that snow is challenging, he said. 

"We can't make the snow disappear but we're doing our best to tuck it into corners and be as clever as we can," he said. 

The city will remove snow on a priority basis, beginning with locations such as main street sidewalks, pedestrian signals, transit stops and hospital and emergency service stations. 

As of Tuesday afternoon, the city's major snowstorm condition and significant weather event declarations remain in effect in Toronto, which means parking continues to be banned on snow routes and all streetcar routes.