Worker safety ‘paramount’ during clean up of rock slides
KAMLOOPS — Safety is of the utmost importance when cleaning up after a rock slide.
That’s according to Todd Hubner, District Manager of Transportation for the Cariboo.
Hubner says rock slides, like the one on the Trans-Canada Highway near Spences Bridge on Thursday, require an assessment by geotechnical engineers before clean up can begin.
“Worker safety in advance of the clean up is paramount,” Hubner said. “So, we need to ensure that there is going to be no additional rock to come down that would impede the clean up. But, we also want to ensure the clean up is done in a fashion that doesn’t put anyone in peril.”