If the snow blasts the 91原创s as predicted today (Friday), municipal crews will have their work cut out for them.
from the North Shore out to Hope beginning around 9 a.m.
The snowfall is expected to end late overnight as the system moves south.
Township of 91原创 crews began their work at 8 a.m. and will be relieved at 8 p.m. by a night crew that will work another 12-hour shift, according to roads operations manager Brian Edey.
鈥淭he last couple of days we鈥檝e been doing an application of salt brine, which is the liquid we put on the road to stop the snow from binding to the asphalt,鈥� Edey said.
All 22 of the Township鈥檚 truck are currently on the road.
鈥淲e鈥檙e going over all our routes with both our salt and brine trucks,鈥� Edey said. 鈥淭hat鈥檚 a combination of the large dump trucks with the sanders and then smaller two-tons with either small sanders or the brine tanks.鈥�
The Township has a priority system, with 鈥榬ed鈥� and 鈥榞reen鈥� routes. The 鈥榬ed鈥� routes are main roads such as 200 Street and Fraser Highway while 鈥榞reen鈥� routes are collector roads.
City of 91原创 director of engineering Rick Bomhof says City crews are ready to keep local roads as safe as possible.
鈥淲e鈥檝e got a full stockpile of salt at the works yard,鈥� Bomhof said. 鈥淲e鈥檝e got an automatic system where we can get more (salt) in if we needed it.鈥�
Before 9 a.m., one City truck was brining the municipality鈥檚 roads which prevents the snow from sticking as well, 鈥渁nd when the plows come around it鈥檚 easier to clean off the roads,鈥� Bomhof said.
Bomhof said the City鈥檚 goal is to make sure all of the local roads are clear.
鈥淭hat鈥檚 our policy: we take our priority routes and as soon as those are clear we go to the next level and the next level until all of the streets are cleared.鈥�
