A late-season winter storm wreaked havoc on Vancouver streets.
The snowfall, which arrived in the region Saturday (Feb. 25) evening, resulted in numerous power outages and park closures. It also forced TransLink to delay, detour, or cancel multiple routes across the city, and contributed to increased collisions on the road.
Since the first blanketing of snow on the weekend, locals have also spotted scores of toppled trees and fallen branches along sidewalks and streets.
One resident noticed that a downed tree on Scotia Street by Broadway was left untouched for three full days. In a comment under a Facebook post sharing several photos of the tree, the local notes that they reported it to the City of Vancouver "not too long after putting up the photo."
"The call taker said it had been the busiest ever of people reporting fallen trees in the 12 years she had worked for the city," the resident says.
Though the city didn't confirm whether the snowy weekend set a record for being the busiest day for reports of fallen trees, the Urban Forestry team did say that, since Saturday (Feb. 25), it received nearly 900 service requests, mostly related to fallen branches.
"We typically see an increase in storm-related reports between November and April, and while it’s hard to give an exact timeline, our team’s storm response efforts will likely extend into the next few weeks," a spokesperson tells V.I.A.
Vancouver residents are asked to call 311 to report fallen trees.
