Sleetwood Mac, Scoop Dogg and Austin Plowers among finalists in Hamilton’s annual snowplow naming contest | CBC News
The City of Hamilton is once again turning to residents to help decide on some funny names for its snowplows.
The Transportation Division is looking to name an additional 10 snow clearing vehicles this winter season, and need your help to come up with the most creative names possible, the city said in a statement.
Earlier in December the city opened submissions for name ideas. From the submissions received, a committee has narrowed down the list to the following 20 finalists:
- Snowbi Wan Kenobi.
- Chillin’ Dylan.
- Sleetwood Mac.
- Upper Plowadise.
- Icekee Waa Waa.
- Ice to Meet You.
- Melton John.
- Andreychuk The Snow.
- Snow Problem.
- Austin Plowers.
- Gordie Plow.
- Mountain Plow Blvd.
- Thaw Patrol.
- Blizzard of Oz.
- Eugene Sleddy.
- Scoop Dogg.
- Don’t Flurry, Be Happy.
- Brow Plow.
- Spready Mercury.
- Buzz Iceclear
Voting opened on Dec. 19 to choose the winners from the top 20 names, and will run until Jan. 5.
The city says a list of 10 winning names will be announced during the week of Jan. 13. Those names will be officially added to the exterior of 10 snowplows in the city’s fleet.
The top 10 names with the most votes in 2023 were:
- Snowmoni Lawrence: 1,041 votes.
- Taylor Drift: 633 votes.
- Say it Aint Snow: 449 votes.
- Plowabunga: 362 votes.
- Fast & Flurrious: 321 votes.
- Cootes Plowadise: 284 votes.
- Better Call Salt: 277 votes.
- Holy MackinTHAW: 268 votes
- Sled Zeppelin: 241 votes.
- Darth Blader: 226 votes.
It’s time to vote, <a href=” Submissions have closed for this year’s Name the Plow initiative, and now’s your chance to cast your vote from the short list and help us select the 10 winning names: <a href=” Voting ends Sunday, January 5. <a href=”https://t.co/Wc0h8IJrPj”>pic.twitter.com/Wc0h8IJrPj</a>
—@cityofhamilton
According to the city, while the Name the Plow initiative is all in good fun, snow clearing in Hamilton is serious business. It says that with each upcoming winter weather event, City of Hamilton road crews are responsible for clearing approximately:
- 6,522 kilometres of roadway.
- 885 kilometres of sidewalks.
- 414 kilometres of on-street bike lanes.
- 2,379 bus stops.
The city says it’s able to accomplish this with 115 city plows, more than 300 contracted pieces of plowing equipment and 34 sidewalk plows.
