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Unplowed, icy roads disrupt garbage collection in Penticton

Trucks couldn’t get to several unplowed roads on Thursday
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A Penticton garbage truck picking up one of the new bins. Western News photo

Due to unplowed and icy road conditions, waste collection was missed on several streets around Penticton.

Here are the following areas that were too icy for pick up that have been announced so far:

  • McCauley Place
  • Miller Place
  • Gwyer Street

Waste Collections Canada will return the following week for collection.

Roads in higher elevations received more than five cm of snow this morning. More snow is expected to fall throughout the day.

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Monique Tamminga

About the Author: Monique Tamminga

Monique brings 20 years of award-winning journalism experience to the role of editor at the Penticton Western News. Of those years, 17 were spent working as a senior reporter and acting editor with the Langley Advance Times.
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