Sudbury roads chew through snowplows

The City of Sudbury's infrastructure department is looking to buy three new multi-function snowplows for next winter.

There are 79 road and sidewalk snowplowing routes in Greater Sudbury, maintained by both city staff and contractors.

Sudbury winters are harsh on equipment, and it often needs to be maintained and replaced, said Tony Cecutti is the manager of infrastructure with the city.

"The blade of a plow can run up against a manhole lid that the frost has grabbed and lifted out of the ground," he said.

"And they spend a lot of hours on the road and it's a high-salt environment and extreme weather conditions [that are] very cold, so after a few kilometres you have to do some maintenance on the vehicle."

Cecutti says the department of infrastructure does annual purchases of new winter equipment.

The three new trucks would cost just over $876,930.