Grab your boots and a garbage bag and join the interurban pathway clean up.
The New Westminster-based Old Interurban Forest Preservation Society is holding a clean-up event on Sunday, March 20 from 1 to 4 p.m. Residents are invited to stop by, check out the path and lend a hand collecting some of the litter scattered along the trail. The path runs through a second-growth forest along the remaining portion of the interurban rail bed between Craig Avenue in New Westminster and Cariboo Road in Burnaby.
The society has been lobbying the City of Burnaby to declare the forest and rail bed a protected site. So far, the city has been reluctant to negotiate with the group because it believes the area will eventually be needed for housing.
Anyone who wants to participate in the clean-up is reminded to wear gloves and bring their own large garbage bags. The City of Burnaby has agreed to pick up any trash bags left at the end of the path on Cariboo Road, noted an event posting on the interurban society’s Facebook page.
There’s a small chance of light rain on Sunday, so be sure to bring a rain coat just in case. The trail itself might be muddy, so bring boots.
