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\nA weekly roundup of noteworthy news in municipalities across B.C.<\/em><\/p>\n

In an attempt to kick-start major redevelopment in the core, Chilliwack council to recently voted to assemble of a key block of land<\/a> in the downtown.
\nAs a result of the environmental damage caused by construction of the South Fraser Perimeter Road, the province is looking to spend money on improving salmon habitat in Surrey Bend Regional Park<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Translink has been a hot topic over the past week and Metro Vancouver mayors are demanding to know<\/a> what transit services TransLink will slash from its new plan if they cancel a temporary property tax increase and derail a promised launch of the Highway 1 Rapid Bus service.<\/p>\n

Surrey has teamed up with federal government to build a new organics biofuel facility<\/a> to be located on city-owned land in Port Kells next to the Surrey Transfer Station. It will be created to process residential and commercial kitchen and yard waste into a renewable fuel and have the capacity to take 80,000 metric tonnes of organics per year.<\/p>\n

Debate over the New Prosperity mine in B.C.\u2019s interior continues as Taseko Mines has submitted an environmental impact statement<\/a> that will setting the stage for public hearings in an attempt to save the $1.1 billion project that was\u00a0turned down in 2010 by the federal government due environmental concerns. The previous mine plan would have drained Fish Lake and put a tailings storage facility nearby.\u00a0 Vancouver-based Taseko has since redesigned the mine to\u00a0 retains Fish Lake and shifts a tailings facility 2 kilometres upstream\u00a0 as well as address other issues raised by the federal review.<\/p>\n

Citing the need to deal with growing costs from provincial and federal offloading, mayors will be pushing for new sources of revenue from the province<\/a> next week when B.C.\u2019s local government leaders gather in the Victoria next week.<\/p>\n

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