Councillor Niesh issues Call for expanded communication program for City's derelict car plans

Looking to stir up some interest in the City of Prince Rupert's Derelict Vehicle Clean Up plans, Councillor Wade Niesh raised the profile of the project at Monday's City Council session, suggesting that the City should find a way to spread word of the program a bit more to generate additional participation in it.

The project which was announced in early March, will see the City of Prince Rupert collect derelict and nuisance cars in the community for a fee of 70 dollars, asking residents to voluntarily sign them over to the City.

To effect the clean up, the City has made arrangements with a scrap dealer to remove the vehicles in bulk.

To coordinate with the City on the pick up of your derelict vehicle you need to contact the Bylaw officer at 250-624-6852.

The desire to see the city address the growing nuisance car situation in the community has been a long term project for the second term councillor, who brought the project to the city's attention back in 2017.

The project was also the subject of inquiries by Councillor Cunningham last month, who had hoped to see the project expanded to the Industrial area, but so far it remains mostly directed towards the city's residential space.

Both Councillors have been strong advocates for the city to take charge of some of the unsightly elements of the city landscape.

The details for the derelict car clean up can be found here.

For more items of note from Monday's City Council session see our Council Timeline feature here, as well as a wider overview of Council Discussion themes from our archive page here.

Cross posted from the North Coast Review.