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IS WINTER OVER YET?
Remember that winter wonderland? These pedestrians took advantage of the weekend snowfall to enjoy a stroll at Deer Lake – before the weather turned grey again on Thursday as snow became rain and ice. It appears the worst of the winter weather is over for the moment, as the forecast calls for rain and highs of 5C on Saturday, with the sun starting to peek through on Sunday and Monday and highs reaching up to 9C for the long weekend. Check out page 13 for some ideas of how to spend your Family Day holiday on Monday. PHOTO JENNIFER GAUTHIER
CITY CREWS ON THE JOB
Big snow creates big flood concerns By Tereza Verenca
tverenca@burnabynow.com
As the most recent blast of snow begins to melt, City of Burnaby officials say their number one concern is flooding. Erik Schmidt, the roads and drainage superinten-
dent, told the NOW all available crews are out clearing catch basins and removing snow banks. “We’ll plow out the rest of the side streets as we can, but right now the focus really is on mitigating any flooding concerns,” he said, adding his team has been
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working around the clock since last Friday. As for clearing the white stuff, Schmidt said the city will exceed its annual $1.1-million snow removal budget by more than double. In December alone, the city spent $2.7 million, bringing the total to $3.5
million on snow removal for the year, according to a staff report. “Additional funding is going to be provided from emergency reserves, so we don’t anticipate the need to adjust any service levels in other areas to accommodate snow removal work,” said
Schmidt. Any pavement repairs related to the snowy weather will also be funded by the emergency reserve, he added.The city’s annual pavement maintenance budget is $860,000. Asked if the city was more prepared for last
week’s dump of snow compared to December’s, Schmidt said yes. One adjustment his department has made to improve service since the first snowflake fell is to supplement the fleet.
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