City crews will soon be back out spraying for the bugs that carry Dutch elm disease.
The Elm Bark Beetle Program will continue on May 30, the city said in a news release.
The city completed all of Insect Management Area (IMA) 11 – which includes the neighbourhoods of Norwood East, Norwood West and Glenwood – except for Windsor Park.
The next round of spraying will cover IMAs 11, 13, 14, 18 and 21, in these areas:
- Windsor Park Golf Course
- Glenwood, Norwood East
- Norwood West
- Alpine Place
- Elm Park
- Lavalee
- St. George
- Varennes
- Worthington
- Kingston Crescent
- Minnetonka, Norberry
- Pulberry
- Victoria Crescent
- Maple Grove Park
- Normand Park
- River Park South
- St. Vital Centre
- Vista, Agassiz
- Cloutier Drive
- Fort Richmond
- Montcalm
- University of Manitoba
The trucks will head out between 5:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. The crews will spray a chemical product called Pyrate 480 EC (Chlorpyrifos) onto the bottom 50 centimetres of tree trunk.
To find out which IMA you live in, go to the city’s Insect Control Branch website.
You can sign up to receive a phone call or email when the city is spraying your neighoburhood. People who sign up will get daily notifications when the city sprays for adult mosquitos.
Register online or call 311.
