Prince Edward County lifted its Significant Weather Event declaration.
Mayor Steve Ferguson estimates about 35 cm of snow fell at his home in the southern part of the County.
He says they don’t yet have an estimate as to how much this storm will cost the County.
“We’re talking to the province about trying to get compensation because of the the emergency we had to declare,” Mayor Ferguson tells Quinte News.
“We’re different from Belleville and Quinte West in that we were hit a whole lot harder than anybody else. And trying to calculate the cost is something that we’ll do once we’re through the recovery work and removing all the snow.”
Snow removal began in Picton Tuesday night and continued in Wellington and Bloomfield Wednesday night.
Ferguson commended public works crews who have been working non-stop.
He says crews helped police get to people who were stranded in their vehicles and about 100 vehicles were abandoned.
“During the storm conditions with the winds, blowing as ferociously as they were, was very difficult to differentiate where the road ended and the ditch began,” Ferguson said.
“In order for us to clear the roads we had to get those vehicles moved.”
There are no reports of serious injuries or fatalities.
Mayor Ferguson also thanked other municipalities, particularly Belleville for sending crews and equipment to help.
