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It turns out no one wants to pay for the city’s previously filled sandbags.

An expression of interest seeking potential buyers for 409,000 filled City of Winnipeg sandbags has now closed without attracting a single bidder.

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The city did receive interest from one construction company, who was willing to take a “few truckloads” of the bags, if the city would provide them for free.

That led the municipality to begin calling other construction companies this week, to see who else might want the flood control devices.

“When you try to get rid of something, it’s either you are getting someone to pay for it or you are going to give it out for free and the third option is to pay for disposal,” said Michael Cantor, Winnipeg’s manager of streets maintenance. “We tried the most cost-effective approach and now we have to move on.”

The city was left with the bags after this year’s spring flood risk dramatically decreased between the first provincial forecast and the eventual crest.