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1 POLICY STATEMENT District of Maple Ridge Title: Snow Removal and Ice Control on Municipal Roadways Policy No No: 9.08 Supersedes: New Authority: _Council Council_____________________________
_____________________________ Approval: _July 6, 2009 2009_________________________ _________________________ Effec Effective Date: tive July 7, 2009 Policy Statement: The District
of Maple Ridge provides for a level of service within financial, personnel, equipment and other resource availability, for the improvement of vehicle mobility during winter conditions,
with respect to snow removal and ice control on municipal roadways. 1.0 Key Areas of Responsibility Action to Take Implement the Snow and Ice Control Policy for Municipal Roadways oadways
2.0 Detailed Actions For Operational Services activities: A. The municipality be set out into six areas. Within the six areas, there are Primary and Secondary Routes, Major Road Network
Roads, Hills, Bus Service, School Drop off Areas and Local Streets. The routes and order of priority for service of streets within an area will be affected by changing variables such
as, but not limited to, financial considerations, road inventory, weather characteristics, road conditions, freezing level, driver skill set, type of equipment or other resources available.
Subject to those variables, t the District’s snow removal and ice control he priorities for a given area would be to: • Provide access to emergency sites for medical, fire or police
response on request. • Increase vehicle mobility on Major Road Networks • Increase vehicle mobility on Primary routes • Increase vehicle mobility on Secondary routes • Increase vehicle
mobility on Hills with greater than an 11 percent slope • Increase vehicle mobility for Bus Service and School Drop Drop-off areas • Increase vehicle mobility in other areas identified
duri during changing weather or other conditions. ng • Reduce d depth of snow on local streets epth once average depths of snow exceed 300mm (12") on local road driving surfaces.