Extra help called in because of snowfall AN UNUSUAL spring snow storm March 30 saw road maintenance workers strug- gling to keep up on local highways. More than 58cm of snow fell that day, causing very slippery road conditions and @ build up slush on the highways. “The rate of snowfall was very, very high in some locations which requires the addition of resources to those areas,” said Nechako North Coast vice president Peter Lansdowne. The weather forecast for March 30 called for 5-10em of snow early in the morning. But by mid-afternoon snow was falling at a rate of Scm per hour in most areas and 8-12em per hour on parts of Kalum Lake Drive, On a normal day with no poor weather forecast, there are two Nechako employ- ees out patrolling the highways, says Ne- chako’s operations coordinator Dan Beau- lac, Bul more crews needed to be called in to help deal with the heavy snow. “We ended up with eight guys working the day shift and a hired grader,” Beaulac said. Two peaple were also scheduled for the night shift and six additional crews were called in as well as to two hired graders. “I’s a difficult storm when it’s not forecast like thal,” Beaulac said. He said the most hard hit areas inclu- ded- parts of Hwy16 West and Kalum Lake Drive, Kalum Lake Drive got the highest rate of snow fall near Findlay Lake with re- _ ports of over two feet of snow on some parts of the road. Driving advisories were issued shortly after noon, Beaulac added, The Terrace fire department, which acts as a first responder for highway acci- dents, did not respond to any accident calls Saturday, March 30, There was one car accident that day 20km north of Kitimat on Hwy37 South, It occurred at 9 a.m., before the snow storm was in full force. An eight-year-old girl died after the van she was travelling in lost control, crossed the centre line and landed in the ditch. The accident is still under invest- igation. Road hump plagues drivers HIGHWAYS OFFICIALS are worried about the erosion of a short section of Hwy16 just west of the level rail crossing about 60km toward Prince Rupert. The Skeena River is eating first into the CN railbed and then into the road, says local highways manager Don Ram- say. That’s causing the eastbound lane ta sink and resulting in a large rock hump in the westbound lane for drivers to either navigate around or over. “CN has spent hundreds of thousands to try to hold the river away,” noted Ramsay. 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