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Just over half – 51 per cent – of the snow that fell during this week’s storm has been hauled away, according to the city of Montreal.

But some boroughs continue to lag far behind others, according to figures on the city’s website early Saturday afternoon.

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At the bottom of the list:

• Sud-Ouest borough (28 per cent)

• Ville-Marie borough (39 per cent)

• Côte-des-Neiges–Notre-Dame-de-Grâce (40 per cent).

Three boroughs have removed 70 per cent or more of the snow:

• Outremont (77 per cent)

• Pierrefonds-Roxboro (76 per cent)

• St-Léonard (72 per cent)

Environment Canada says 39 cm of snow fell on Montreal on Tuesday and Wednesday.

The city says it hopes to have the entire city cleared of snow by Wednesday while giving the contractors and city employees a 24-hour break on Saturday after working 70 hours.

This snowstorm is expected to cost the city about $25 million, out of the annual $158 million devoted to snow removal. The annual budget, distributed by the city to each of the 19 boroughs, allows for five major storms. This was number five.