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Town of Smithers hopes to start road sand clean up

The Town of Smithers says it will soon be cleaning the road sand as temperatures rise.

In a notice on its website it said the clean up will start once there is no longer freezing weather.

It added that the town must wait because if the sand is cleaned up too early there is a risk of re-sanding the areas that have already been cleaned.

According to the Town, it is hoping to start the clean up as soon as functionally possible as the Bulkley Valley is susceptible to dust advisory’s during this time of year.

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Last week, an advisory was issued for both the Bulkley Valley and Lakes District due to stagnant winter weather conditions creating elevated pollution levels.

The dust advisory is no longer in effect in the region.

The Town added that it understands it is a challenging time but appreciates the patience from the community.

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Lindsay Newman
Lindsay Newman
News Reporter Lindsay joined the MyBulkleyLakesNow news team in 2019. She was born and raised in Cambridge, Ontario where she then moved to Toronto to complete Journalism school at Humber College where she graduated in 2017. Lindsay started her news journey at 680 News- Toronto's largest talk radio station. Lindsay then moved on to 680 News, where she was an audio editor. She has always loved the idea of living in British Columbia since she was a teenager and was excited to make the to move out to Smithers, BC to branch out her journalism skills. In Lindsay's spare time she is usually relaxing with her two cats and in the warmer months going on hikes with her friends and partner.

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