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In the city of Montreal, boroughs are responsible for clearing snow from their roads. And in this de-centralized system, not all boroughs are the same.

An analysis of snow removal operation this winter and last proved what many already suspected — that the Plateau-Mont-Royal spends the most money and takes the longest to clear snow, for example. But it also revealed some surprises. Like the fact that Pierrefonds-Roxboro is the most economical borough.

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Other tidbits: Verdun is the worst at estimating the duration of snow removal, taking on average 2.6 days longer than it expected. It’s followed by Rosemont—La-Petite-Patrie, which was, on average, 2.1 days behind schedule last winter.

The data was harvested from the city’s dashboard of snow removal operations, a website where boroughs post their progress after a major snow storm. Here is what the dashboard looked like last Jan. 7 (you can change the dates at the end of the site’s URL).