City of Delta crews have been working around the clock since Sunday afternoon clearing roads from a three-day snowstorm that hit the South Coast hard.
Crews have been concentrating on clearing transit routes, major collector roads, select school access roadways and some roads in hilly areas. Pre-wetting, salting and sanding has also been undertaken.
“Our crews have been on 24/7 working around the clock,” said Delta’s director of engineering Steven Lan. “On Tuesday night with the break in the snowfall, the first and second priority routes have all been plowed, salted and sanded. All the civic properties, including the community centres, have been salted and sanded, so our staff will be starting into the local roads. I know residents will be happy to hear that.”
Lan said with the possibility of more snow Thursday night, Delta will be monitoring the weather closely.
“It sounds like we will have more rain towards the end of the week,” he said. “We have been able to keep the major corridors open and that has gone very well. We certainly understand residents on the local streets have been challenged, but we’re going to get to those as quickly as we can.”
To stay up to date on road conditions, residents can call Delta’s winter road conditions phone line at 604-952-3820. Delta will also continue to update its social media feeds.
The Delta School District shut schools on Tuesday due to the snow, but they re-opened Wednesday. Friday is a district-wide Pro-D Day.
The weather forecast is calling for a mix of snow and rain Thursday night, showers on Friday with a mainly sunny weekend.
