Once again, Prince George City Council will be discussing options for reducing costs for snow removal at tomorrow’s (Monday) meeting.
At the April 23rd meeting, City Council was presented with a pair of reports on snow removal.
One of these reports detailed on costs for snow removal, while the other provided information on changing snow clearing processes on statutory holidays.
The first option is having no snow removal on statutory holidays at all. Snow removal operations would be held off until the next non-statutory day.
The second option is to increase the allowable snow levels on statutory holidays.
This would increase the minimum snow accumulation metrics for crews to go out from 7.5 cm to 12 cm on priority one and two routes, with completion times being potentially extended to 48 hours after the holiday.
It would also increase metrics for priority three routes from 12 cm to 20 cm, with completion times potentially being extended to 72 hours after completion of priority two areas.
The third option being presented to Council is to prioritize priority one and two routes, but decrease service levels on priority three routes.
Under the third option, snow metric levels would also be increased to 20 cm for priority three routes. If that threshold isn’t met, it would mean snow clearing on priority three routes would not commence until the next statutory day.
Other items to be discussed at tomorrow’s meeting includes a forum on retail crime, and recommendations from a consultant on parking.
The full agenda for tomorrow’s meeting is here.
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