2022 R24 – Highway Rest Stop Amenities

Whereas the Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure is responsible for maintaining a network of rest areas and roadside stops along highways that include public amenities such as washrooms and waste receptacles;

And whereas increased travel and tourism throughout the Province of BC has led to those rest areas and roadside stops, many without such services and facilities, being inundated with litter and general waste that pollutes adjacent forests, beaches and waters;

And whereas the current maintenance program of the Ministry is insufficient to adequately deal with the level of use being experienced at these facilities:

Therefore be it resolved that UBCM request the Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure to expand its maintenance program for highway rest areas and roadside stops to ensure that such facilities are kept clean, tidy and sanitary for the travelling public.