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Letter: Potholes go unrepaired, roads unswept in Blind Bay

Writer irritated by lack of maintenance
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Blind Bay resident Ken Smith is put off by the lack of road maintenance in the South Shuswap community. (Ken Smith photo)

Please tell me what is wrong with this picture?

It is now June 7 and the roads to the Skimikin landfill are swept and have been for weeks, with all potholes filled. Yet the community of Blind Bay, with 400o-plus taxpaying residents, still have dirty, dusty, unswept streets and numerous glaring potholes!

I wonder what would happen if next year’s taxpayers were to be as tardy paying their taxes, as the government and AIM Roads is with providing sweeping serviced – paid for by our taxes? They can totally rebuild the damaged Coquihalla in six months, but can’t get our streets swept by May 1st? Shame!

Ken Smith,

Blind Bay Concerned Citizens

Read more: ‘They’re little swimming pools’: CSRD director raises concern with potholes in Shuswap side roads



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