Emcon gears up for winter

It’s not even Halloween but local highways contractor Emcon is already thinking about winter.

Division manager Ken Lawson says conditions may be okay down low but it’s a different story on the mountain passes.

Emcon has been pre-treating upper elevations and high humidity areas prone to ice with salt brine.

Lawson says we’ve had freezing temperatuers with dew points close enough to cause ice in some areas.

Greg Nesteroff
Greg Nesteroff
Greg has been working in West Kootenay news media off and on since 1998. When he's not on the air, he's busy writing about local history. He'll soon publish a book about the man who founded the ghost town of Sandon.

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