Mayor George Harvie says some drivers from Delta were stranded in their cars for up to 10 hours
In a letter to Transportation Minister Rob Fleming, George Harvie describes the response to heavy snowfall in the region last week as a “recent failure of provincial highway winter maintenance.”Start your day with a roundup of B.C.-focused news and opinion delivered straight to your inbox at 7 a.m., Monday to Friday.By clicking on the sign up button you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc.
As such, he calls for a review of the emergency alerting system to take place in order to notify regional residents when the provincial highway system is out of service.This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below.Alert Ready, a system the province uses to notify residents via cellphones and broadcasters, is currently in place for use during flooding, wildfires, tsunamis and Amber Alerts.
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