A weekly roundup of noteworthy news in municipalities across B.C.
As spring begins to warm the air and everyone is anxious to get out and get a bit more exercise, the roads are going to have a few more hazardous conditions other than snow, rain or cell-distracted drivers. With the warmer weather comes pedestrians, young and old, and each presents it challenges to unwary drivers. (Maple Ridge)
It’s just a first draft, but Port Moody‘s official community plan update had some on council wondering whether it spells the beginning of the end of the city’s small-town character. The OCP update has been in the works for the better part of a year, since construction on the Evergreen Line was confirmed, with the majority of changes planned for neighbourhoods along the route and around the two stations.
Nanaimo residents will have the benefit of social media to engage city council with questions, concerns or comments on how tax dollars are spent as the city embarks on hosting its first e-Town Hall Budget meeting. Scheduled for March 25 at 7 p.m., the beginning of a regularly scheduled council meeting, council and staff will take financial plan questions live through Twitter, Facebook and phone calls.
A BC Transit feasibility study into a potential system for the Sicamous area may need to be expanded to include Revelstoke and Enderby. The study is being done in partnership with the Columbia Shuswap Regional District and the District of Sicamous. Its goal, according to BC Transit, is to explore the sustainability of a system that would connect Sicamous, and potentially Malakwa and Swansea Point, to the Shuswap Regional Transit System.
Festivals, art shows, markets, craft fairs — they bring “energy” to downtown Qualicum Beach and there’s no need to set up a town-hall-driven process to co-ordinate them, says Mary Brouilette. The town councillor as responding to a letter from Evelyn Clark, the executive director of the Qualicum Beach Chamber of Commerce, asking the town to “consider the creation of a formal review process” to deal with requests to close streets and take up parking spots and green spaces.
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