{"id":21881,"date":"2013-06-28T12:30:17","date_gmt":"2013-06-28T19:30:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/?p=21881"},"modified":"2013-06-28T12:18:13","modified_gmt":"2013-06-28T19:18:13","slug":"neighbourhood-watch-85","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/2013\/06\/28\/neighbourhood-watch-85\/","title":{"rendered":"Neighbourhood Watch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2360\" alt=\"NeighbourhoodWatch_logo\" src=\"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/NeighbourhoodWatch_logo.gif\" width=\"600\" height=\"72\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A weekly roundup of noteworthy news in municipalities across B.C.<\/p>\n<p>Kinder Morgan has released a <a title=\"Flyover of proposed Trans Mountain pipeline route in Langley, Surrey and Burnaby\" href=\"http:\/\/www.surreyleader.com\/news\/213552201.html\">video flyover depicting an aerial view of the study corridor<\/a> it&#8217;s announced for its proposed Trans Mountain oil pipeline twinning through Metro Vancouver [\u00a0<strong>Langley<\/strong>, <strong>Surrey<\/strong> and <strong>Burnaby<\/strong>].<\/p>\n<p>The <strong>Victoria<\/strong> Regional Transit Commission endorsed two options for the <a title=\"Douglas Street bus lanes move forward in Victoria\" href=\"http:\/\/www.vicnews.com\/news\/213543791.html\">Douglas Street priority lanes<\/a> at a meeting on Thursday using public input gathered earlier this month.\u00a0Victoria council will choose a preferred option at an upcoming meeting.<\/p>\n<p>Days are long, temperatures are warm and the bounty from local crops is emerging from farm fields.\u00a0From blueberries and cherries to lettuce and new potatoes, <a title=\"Farm food is flourishing in Richmond\" href=\"http:\/\/www.richmondreview.com\/news\/213550541.html\">local fruits and vegetables are now surfacing at farm stands<\/a> and produce markets around <strong>Richmond<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Mark Tuesday, July 2 on your calendar if you&#8217;re interested in checking out the <strong>West Kootenays<\/strong> by transit, because on that day the <a title=\"Free transit in the West Kootenays on July 2\" href=\"http:\/\/www.castlegarnews.com\/news\/213539181.html\">bus services will be free for all riders<\/a>.\u00a0The date is the official launch of a new, integrated approach to the transit system with a single Rider\u2019s Guide that covers the region from Nakusp to Rossland and from Kaslo to Fruitvale.<\/p>\n<p>The debate about whether to keep <strong>Langley<\/strong>\u2019s oldest road intact or to pave it is getting as tired as the cracked concrete being driven on.\u00a0Township council [has] once again debated spending $150,000 (up from the original $100,000) to study <a title=\"Langley Township council has been down this road before\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bclocalnews.com\/news\/212197071.html\">whether or not Old Yale Road should keep its original concrete surface<\/a> or whether to pave the three kilometres.\u00a0One thing council could agree on was the cost of the study was too much of a financial hit for taxpayers.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A weekly roundup of noteworthy news in municipalities across B.C. Kinder Morgan has released a video flyover depicting an aerial view of the study corridor it&#8217;s announced for its proposed Trans Mountain oil pipeline twinning through Metro Vancouver [\u00a0Langley, Surrey and Burnaby]. The Victoria Regional Transit Commission endorsed two options for the Douglas Street priority<a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/2013\/06\/28\/neighbourhood-watch-85\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"sr-only\">&#8220;Neighbourhood Watch&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6024,"featured_media":21882,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[80,26],"tags":[474,2976,337,707,2247,350,479,11479],"class_list":["post-21881","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","category-neighbourhoods","tag-burnaby","tag-langley","tag-neighbourhood-watch","tag-news","tag-richmond","tag-surrey","tag-victoria","tag-west-kootenays"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Neighbourhood Watch - Spacing Vancouver<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/2013\/06\/28\/neighbourhood-watch-85\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Neighbourhood Watch - Spacing Vancouver\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A weekly roundup of noteworthy news in municipalities across B.C. 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