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Wednesday, December 30, 2015 • kelownacapnews.com
Jason Woodworth works away on clearing snow Tuesday afternoon from the Audi Kelowna dealership parking lot on Enterprise Way. The snow allowed Frosty The Snowman lookalikes to pop up all over the Central Okanagan, such as this rendition in a Rutland yard.
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Barring a repeat of last January’s “snowmageddon” where a 70-year-old record for snowfall in a 48-hour period was broken, Kelowna will end the year within its $1.6 million snow-clearing budget, says Kelowna’s public works manager. Darryl Astofooroff said Tuesday his department has spent about
70 per cent of its annual snowclearing budget prior to the most recent snowfall. With no heavy accumulations of the “white stuff” expected between now and Friday, he expects the city will stay under budget. The annual amount allocated for snow removal by the city covers the winter months at both the beginning and the end of the calendar year, meaning on Jan. 1,
the city’s new $1.6 million snowclearing budget will kick into place. Any money left over from the 2015 allotment will be set aside to help pay for snow removal in 2016. Astofooroff said city crews and the six contractors the city uses each year have already cleared busier roads and streets known as collectors and arterials (such as Benvoulin Road and Richter Street) and is now working on residential
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