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From Courtenay
to Duncan, the Ministry of Transportation is welcoming
and encouraging the involvement of all Island residents to
help get Scotch broom under control.
We have permission as
individuals to cut the broom along the roads and highways,
but we must sign the Adopt-a-Highway Insurance
form. It is easy. You do NOT have permission to cut along
Ministry roads without signing this insurance form. Once you
sign it, and either hand it in or mail it in, you are covered.
When you cut broom, you are an individual, and not a member
of a group.
So either:
• Please download and sign the waver
Adopt-a-Hwy Insurance
Form You only need to print page two.
• Come to a community
cut and sign the waver. If you go to a group cut, you are
covered as soon as you sign the sheet! No waiting. Coverage
starts immediately.
• Pick up a copy of the insurance form from Errington
Post Office, the blueberry farm, or the Beacon Office in Bowser.
SIGN IT and mail it to
Joanne Sales, 2795 Grafton Ave, Qualicum Beach, BC, V9K1W8.
The Brandon Lake workers are working on larger fields of broom
on highways; the community is focusing on smaller and new
infestations to prevent the spread of broom. At the moment,
Broombusters.org is the communication connection between the
individuals and communities and the Ministry.
The Ministry is helping
out in a big way. At the end of the cutting season, the Ministry
arranges to have the piles of broom chipped up at the spot
where volunteers have left it, along designated highways and
roads. (Single plants can be left to decompose.)
Again, you must have sign this form to have permission to
cut along community roads on Vancouver Island. Once you sign,
it lasts for a full year.
Thank you everyone for your understanding and cooperation!
Contact: Joanne Sales - 250-752-4816;
joanne@glasswing.com
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