An arborist’s approach to improving winter highway conditions.
Members of the Bruce Power Off-the-Job Safety Team are gearing up to plant trees along a section of Highway 21 on the south end of Kincardine tomorrow.
Member Janet Dawson — appearing on Soundingboard last week — says this is the fifth year of the project and they are looking for volunteers to help plant 700, 4-foot tall trees.
Dawson says the trees are planted in a zigzag formation and once they grow to about 10 feet in height they can accumulate 20 to 30 tons of snow.
She says the trees will eventually reduce the amount of snow on the highway and improve visibility by cutting down the amount of wind blowing through the area.
She hopes by doing this it will keep highways open throughout the year and make them safe for people to travel especially for Bruce Power workers going to and from the site.
Dawson says there are already thousands of trees planted along Highway 21 between Kincardine and Port Elgin.
Dawson says anyone wishing to volunteer can go the Whitney Crawford Community Centre in Tiverton tomorrow at 8 A.M.
She says they will be briefed on what the job involves and fitted for safety equipment and they will be taken to and from the site by bus.
Dawson says the job should be done by noon and lunch will be provided by Sobey’s in Kincardine.
She says there will be a daycare centre for those who have young children and want to participate.
