Priority Road Winter Maintenance Enter the first few letters of the street name you are looking for: Or view  Index Map  of entire City Yellow Lines - Mavis Yard area between and including Dundas Street and Eglinton Avenue Red Lines - Meadowvale Yard area north of Eglinton Avenue and west of [and including] Mavis Road Blue Lines - Malton Yard area north of Eglinton Avenue and east of Mavis Road Green Lines - Clarkson Yard area south of Dundas Street Major roads and collector routes, represented by any thick coloured lines, are cleared by the City first to ensure that residents, and emergency service vehicles like fire trucks and ambulances, can safely travel to hospitals, schools, work and get to public transportation systems during or immediately after a snowfall. These roads are: salted when snowfalls do not exceed 8 cm (3") plowed and then salted if snowfall exceeds 8 cm (3") … to achieve bare pavement. All other city roads are cleared, and/or a sand/salt mixture is applied within 24 hours of a snowfall. Heavy snowfalls or successive storms can sometimes extend this period to 48 hours or more depending on the severity of the snowfall. Local Residential Streets These streets do not receive the same level of service as priority roads. Residential roads are: blanket sanded (15% salt content) as conditions warrant plowed and blanket sanded if snowfall exceeds 8 cm (3") … bare pavement may not be achievable, however the City's objective is to make these roads passable and safe. For information on snow clearing operations, please call 905-615-3000 and press Option #1.