Calgary needs help to dig the city out of a record-breaking October snowfall.
"There's a lot of work to be done, and we're going to need some help to get it going," said Calgary Emergency Management Agency chief Tom Sampson.
Snow-clearing help is on the way from Edmonton, Red Deer, Okotoks and Medicine Hat, bringing additional ploughs and sand-spreaders to help make Calgary's roads passable.
City crews worked all night and into the morning to clear roads, given that the amount of snow, the accumulation rate and heavy moisture content meant crews likely wouldn't be done with the major routes until late afternoon or early evening Tuesday.
Bill Biensch, roads maintenance manager, said the city's snow response typically starts on Oct. 15, but 85 per cent of contractors responded to the city's call to start the snow-clearing season yearly. There were 18 city graders, 16 hired graders and 42 sanders on the road by early afternoon.