An easy and quick method to boost revenues for the Town of Sundre would be to enforce the municipality’s bylaw No. 789, which in part states:
“13.8 No person shall drive, operate or permit to be driven or operated any Vehicle or Equipment of any nature or kind which is involved in the transport of any Dirt, Soil, Mud, Gravel, Sand, Clay, Lime, Fertilizer, Manure, Substance or Material of any nature or kind whatsoever where there is less than 75 millimetres from the top edge of the Side Containment Structure of the Vehicle or Equipment to the highest point of the surface of the transported Material.”
“13.9 No person shall drive, operate or permit to be driven or operated any Vehicle or Equipment of any nature or kind which is involved in the transport of any Dirt, Soil, Mud, Gravel, Sand, Clay, Lime, Fertilizer, Manure, Substance or Material of any nature or kind whatsoever, excluding Snow, unless the transported material is completely covered and secured by a Tarpaulin or similar covering.”
Ticketing the constant parade of uncovered and incorrectly loaded trucks, especially those hauling gravel, through Sundre would quickly fill the town’s coffers and ease the burden on the taxpayer.
Barring taking any serious action, the municipality could consider going into the windshield repair business, which currently should be very lucrative.
Bob Killeleagh
McDougal Flats
