標題: City says it's prepared for snow [打印本頁] 作者: tiffiant 時間: 2010-11-19 19:36 標題: City says it's prepared for snow
City says it's prepared for snow
The goal is to keep the roads clear and the city moving
Tanya Fletcher Nov 19, 2010 15:52:27 PM
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VANCOUVER (NEWS1130) - The countdown is on for the first big snowfall of the year and the City of Vancouver says crews are ready.
Ready to start their engines are fifty-two snow plows, dozens of snow blowers, and one giant military tanker-like machine, bought at an auction from the air-force base in Comox. "It has a very large tractor engine, it's got an eight-foot snow-blower on the front and it's extremely powerful."
Murray Whightman with the City says when the snow flies, the first priority is the major transportation arteries. "Every major route and bus route in Vancouver. It's divided into 14 routes; each driver is assigned a route and that driver is left on that route until we call them off."
Those include transit routes, bridges, and other main roads surrounding the hospitals.
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First snowfall of this season expected over the weekend
The snow fleet on stand-by
