Mayor Marty Walsh says snow removal operations are expected to cost Boston $50 million.

The mayor broke the bad news Wednesday night, during an appearance on WBZ’s NightSide with Dan Rea. In February, Walsh said removal operations would cost about $30 million.

The Department of Public Works budget for snow and ice removal this year was $18.5 million. “We’re probably at about $45 million that we’ve paid on snow removal, probably going to head toward $50 million,” Walsh said.

Boston is two inches shy of breaking the city’s all-time record for most snow (107.9 inches) in a single winter, which was set back in 1995-96. According to Boston Snow Stats, 105.7 inches have been dumped on the city this winter – and more is likely to come.

“We’ve taken 30,000 truckloads of snow off the street, we’ve melted over 50,000 tons of snow,” Walsh said. “We’ve plowed 263,000 miles of roadway.”

To put the stat about total distance plows have driven into perspective, consider that the distance from the earth to the moon is “only” 238,857 miles.

The mayor added that the city is evaluating its current snow removal operations and is looking into ways to “hopefully save money next year.”