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Lower mainland residents wake up to snow on Tuesday morning

Ish Sharma Darpan, 31 Jan, 2023 12:34 PM

Lower mainland residents woke up to snow on Tuesday morning however it wasn't anything like the deep freeze of December.

Snow created slick conditions on the roads and caused delays for commuters in traffic. There were also crashes on many routes of Vancouver and South of the Fraser. Cars got stuck up the hill and there were major delays in transit throughout the day.

#RiderAlert Due to snowy conditions in Metro Vancouver, Bus and SkyTrain service may be impacted across the system today. Please use caution, give yourselves extra travel time and remember to dress warmly in anticipation of potential delays. ^MR
— TransLink BC (@TransLink) January 31, 2023

National Police for Burnaby and the local police for Abbotsford also gave everyone aheads up on driving safe and exercising caution on the roads.

It's still snowing in Burnaby, which means we all need to take steps to stay safe on the roads❄️ pic.twitter.com/EqNsK2tNGj
— Burnaby RCMP (@BurnabyRCMP) January 31, 2023

Light snow is falling! Please take some extra time this morning as some of our roadways are a little slippery. Have a great day! pic.twitter.com/tc8vkMUXuu
— Abbotsford Police Department (@AbbyPoliceDept) January 31, 2023

Cloudy conditions remain with more snow predicted in the forecast for Wednesday.

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