1997 Snow woes may lead to new town policy The Town of Oliver will be dipping into its cash reserves to cover snow removal costs to the first of January. Last year's snow removal costs include work performed last January, February and March, and were topped up by early and frequent snowfalls this fall. Of course, the blast of winter experienced in Southern B.C. during the Christmas season made a heavy contribution to the snow removal tab. In fact, the costs of snow removal this year are about three times the average for each of the past four years.
Council can set very high standards if they're willing to budget for it.
In fact, Szalay said the majority of snow removal complaints received by his office had to do with blocked driveways. He noted there are in excess of 1,000 individual driveways in the municipality. The Oliver Library fell victim to Old Man Winter last week after a leaking roof forced the closure of the local facility. White returned to work Jan. 2 to find a soggy mess in the adult non-fiction section of the library. Heavy snowfall followed by a rapid thaw contributed to numerous roof leaks.