It was an easier year for provincial contractors this winter.
According to the transportation ministry, they spent $300,000 to clear ice and snow off the Alex Fraser Bridge and $1.7 million to clear it off the Port Mann Bridge.
That money translated to 758,000 litres of brine and 3,080 cubic metres of salt on the region鈥檚 highways and bridges this year.
That鈥檚 $700,000 less spent on the Alex Fraser, $2.3 million less spent on the Port Mann and 142,000 fewer litres of brine and 1,020 fewer cubic metres of salt all around than was used last winter.
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The province, which was harshly criticized last year for the more than 100 vehicles that claimed ice and snow damage from 鈥榠ce bombs鈥� falling off the Alex Fraser and Port Mann bridges, had come prepared this year with 900,000 litres of brine and and more than 8,000 cubic metres of salt.
That was more than 1,000 per cent more salt and just over double the brine the province used during the 2015/16 winter season.
This winter, ICBC said there were only three claims of ice or snow damage on the Port Mann and Alex Fraser; one in December and two in February.
The province is spending , similar to those on the Port Mann Bridge, on the Alex Fraser.
As of the end of February, collars were installed on 80 cables and on Feb. 23, that cleared about five centimetres of snow from the cables.
A transportation ministry spokesperson said that the bridge will be outfitted with 10 collars, one anchor and one stopper on each of its 192 cables by the end of March.
A look at the crew dropping chains on the today. Snow/ice accumulations were more concentrated lower down the cables.
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