Remote Communities Forest Service Road Emergency Egress Maintenance

Whereas the Province of British Columbia has been faced with an increasing number of natural disasters annually and the downturn of the Forestry Industry has resulted in forest service roads deteriorating; And whereas many remote communities rely on forest service roads to serve as emergency egress routes in the case of natural disaster evacuations: Therefore be it resolved that UBCM petition the Ministry of Forests to review and identify forest service roads that serve as community emergency egress routes; And be it further resolved that the Ministry of Forests incorporates increased maintenance standards for the forest service roads that are identified as community emergency egress routes.