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Notes from City Hall
Call for Public Library Board members
The City of Kimberley is inviting applications for memberships on the Kimberley Public Library Board. Membership will be for a one or two-year term, commencing January 2016.
Free public swim
Come out and enjoy the Aquatic Centre for free on Wednesday, December 2 from 5-6 p.m., sponsored by Kimberley Health Care Auxiliary.
Meeting room rental
Looking for a place to hold your next party or meeting? You can rent the Kimberley Aquatic Centre Multi-Purpose Room. This is a fully-accessible facility for up to 50 people, audio and visual equipment available and free Wi-Fi connection. For more information please call the Aquatic Centre at 250-427-2983 or visit HERE.
Winter travelling tip of the week
Lower your speed to match road conditions. No matter how much driving experience you have, the way your vehicle will move on snow or ice is unpredictable. The posted speed is the maximum speed for ideal conditions.
Plow trucks
Winter has arrived so please drive safe, especially when approaching a highway or city maintenance vehicle. When drivers attempt to pass a plow truck, they put themselves, their passengers, the truck operator, and the driving public at risk. Even though you see the plow truck, the operator might not see you. Please remember:
Snowplows move at much slower speeds than other vehicles. On the highway, snowplows normally don’t travel faster than 60 km/hour when plowing or spreading winter abrasives.
Drivers may not be aware that plows are wide and can extend across the centre line of the highway.
On some highways and bridge structures, two or more snow plows may be staggered across multiple lanes with the plow in front pushing snow towards the plows behind. This is an effective way to quickly clear wide areas, so we want to remind drivers to stay behind these plowing operations and to not try to pass.
Snow plows, salt or sand trucks throw up snow and spray making it difficult to see. Snow plows have limited visibility and plow truck operators cannot see directly behind their trucks.
If a snow plow is approaching in oncoming traffic, pull to the right as much as possible and slow down to avoid being hit by winter abrasives. Operators don’t always have a chance to turn down their spinners when vehicles are passing.
Please give road maintenance crews room to do their work.
Remember the road surface ahead of the plow hasn’t been plowed yet therefore please slow down and be patient. The operator will eventually pull over and let you pass safely.
To report accidents and unsafe road conditions, please use Mainroad’s 24-hour hotline at 1-800-665-4929.
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