A weekly roundup of noteworthy news in municipalities across B.C.
The City of Surrey is having a little bit of trouble convincing residents of a plan to construct an alley and coaches houses despite assurances that it will be sympathetic to the surrounding context.
The Tsawwassen First Nation is one step closer to building a major shopping and entertainment complex on its land near the ferry terminal. Rumours buzzing around speak to the construction of a Metrotown-type development that would cover 1.8 million square feet.
The City of Langley has been selected to participate in a three-month pilot project to help keep plastic bags and Styrofoam out of landfills. This new curbside collection system will lay the groundwork for recycling procedures across the province.
Metro Vancouver continues climbing the ranks as it bumps Sydney, Australia to take second position in least affordable areas to buy a home – behind Hong Kong – in the annual Demographia survey of 325 cities. Come on everybody…we can do better than that!
Controversy stirs as a recently released engineering report puts the total money spent by the City of Abbottsford on the failed Stave Lake water supply proposal at $3.54 million.
White Rock goes high-tech as its mayor and councillors switch to iPads to reduce waste and improve efficiency. I wonder what happens to the iPads if it is shown that they have minimum impact on the City processes?
An internal audit of Metro Vancouver’s new plan to boost drinking water quality found 17 “opportunities for improvement” especially in the fields of risk assessment and records control but the organization isn’t speaking up about the findings yet.
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