The groundhog may have given us bad odds, but the City of Kelowna’s street sweepers say they’re already clearing bike lanes the weather is so mild.
All projections the city’s snow crew have in front of them indicate it’s time to bring a second street sweeper onto local roads and begin the spring sweep shortly.
“The reason is, everybody is pushing this sustainability thing nowadays…People want to ride their bikes and we should provide that service,” said Gord Murrell, roadway operations supervisor.
One sweeper is already clearing roads and another will be up and running by the end of the week.
“It doesn’t cost any more money to the taxpayer,” Murrell said. “If we don’t sweep at all until, say, about March, it takes two to five passes to pick up all of the sand because of the buildup.”
Kelowna has only spent $74,000 on snow and icy removal since 2010 began, and this was largely only to deal with icy patches forming higher in the hills at night. In 2009, the municipality spent its entire $1.4 million snow clearing budget, but Murrell expects 2010 may provide a surplus to save for more costly seasons, like the last.
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All projections the city’s snow crew have in front of them indicate it’s time to bring a second street sweeper onto local roads and begin the spring sweep shortly.
“The reason is, everybody is pushing this sustainability thing nowadays…People want to ride their bikes and we should provide that service,” said Gord Murrell, roadway operations supervisor.
One sweeper is already clearing roads and another will be up and running by the end of the week.
“It doesn’t cost any more money to the taxpayer,” Murrell said. “If we don’t sweep at all until, say, about March, it takes two to five passes to pick up all of the sand because of the buildup.”
Kelowna has only spent $74,000 on snow and icy removal since 2010 began, and this was largely only to deal with icy patches forming higher in the hills at night. In 2009, the municipality spent its entire $1.4 million snow clearing budget, but Murrell expects 2010 may provide a surplus to save for more costly seasons, like the last.
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