With funding and equipment at work, Lytton aims for site remediation by September
-
Share on Facebook
-
Share on Bluesky
-
Share on X
- Copy Link
LYTTON, B.C. — It’s been a whirlwind of emergencies, evacuations and disaster response for the people of Lytton. But this week, the village was able to give residents more positive news that cleanup is underway.
“With the recent announcement on funding, a lot of the issues that delayed the rebuild have been settled,” says Mayor Jan Polderman.
The village spent the months leading up living through the rest of wildfire season, waiting on toxicology reports, sifting through damage, dealing with washed out roads and a heavy snow-dump. But now, funding and manpower is in place and the clearing work can be done.
“At this point, we are confident that we are going to meet the timeline set out by the mayor to have the community remediated by September,” notes Recovery Project Manager James Heigh. According to Heigh, municipal properties are first to be cleared as there is no permission required to begin work on those sites and permission is being collected from residents for crews to work on private properties.
