Resort Municipality of Whistler may reconsider sourcing asphalt from Squamish

By Brandon Barrett
Trucking asphalt from Squamish has cost an additional $456K and produced 270 tonnes of co2 since 2011

A decade after it last sourced asphalt from Cheakamus Crossing’s contentious asphalt plant, the Resort Municipality of Whistler (RMOW) may reconsider its current arrangement, which sees the product trucked in from Squamish. Presenting to elected officials at Tuesday’s Committee of the Whole meeting, municipal GM of infrastructure services James Hallisey said that several factors have changed since the RMOW adopted a policy requiring all asphalt be sourced a minimum distance of three kilometres from any Whistler neighbourhood.…

Source:: Resort Municipality of Whistler may reconsider sourcing asphalt from Squamish

• Whistler News

February 20, 2020

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