Châteauguay to regulate access to its snow depot
The city wants to regulate and “better control what goes on there.” (Photo : Le Soleil - Archives)
Starting this winter, the city of Châteauguay will be imposing stricter regulations for access to its snow depot, notably by charging a fee for dumping snow on the Pascal Street site.
Translation Amanda Bennett
“The city hasn't been charging anyone anything. So private companies from other municipalities would come and unload their snow at our snow dump at no charge. We find that rather strange,” said Mayor Eric Allard at the August municipal council meeting. The city wants to regulate and “better control what goes on there.”
The new by-law provides for a fee of $26.80 per trip for a 6-wheel truck, $40.20 per trip for a 10-wheel truck, $53.60 per trip for a 12-wheel truck and $80.30 per trip for a semi-trailer truck.
An amount of $80,000 will be taken from the surplus earmarked for the installation of an automated control system at the snow dump.