in southwestern British Columbia has left hard-hit communities dealing with the disposal of debris like drywall, insulation, silt-soaked mattresses, couches and kitchen cupboards damaged by water that gutted homes and businesses.
Abbotsford Mayor Henry Braun said a second waste transfer station is expected to open for “mountains” of trash left outside homes afterkilled thousands of livestock and devastated a prime agricultural area of the province. “We have to get all of this junk out of the ditches because we’re not through the rainy season yet so the water can actually drain out to the Barrowtown station or the Sumas Canal in a way that doesn’t reflood some of these farms.”
Princeton Mayor Spencer Coyne said the city of 3,000 in the Similkameen region has its own landfill contracted bins for trash from a local company. “I’d like to see our fair share of that come straight to the municipality to help for not only the rebuild, but the recovery of our community,” Coyne said, adding that the city expects to spend about $2 million of its money.
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