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Local fill foes not optimistic By MONIQUE TAMMINGA Aldergrove Star
For several years, Langley Township staff, council, its lawyer and numerous rural residents have been knee deep in discussions about how to handle controversial and profitable fill sites on agricultural land. On Monday night, council approved a revised soil deposit policy and bylaw that Township lawyer James Goulden said should make it harder to create illegal dumping sites. Councillor Kim Richter and David Davis were opposed. Modifications to the policy and bylaw were made from input received from concerned citizens, developers and council and finally the Township’s law firm Bull Housser and Tupper. The revised policy requires all applications over 600 cubic metres to go through a petition process whereby owners of properties within one mile (1.6 km) of the site can express support or opposition. While applications will be referred to the
ALC, applications having less than 80 per cent support from neighbours may be rejected by council and not passed onto the ALC. The revised bylaw increases the security deposit. The current 10 applications in the hopper will be grandfathered and proceed under the old policy, said Township staff. Fill sites continue to be in high demand in Langley. Since 2010, according to the Township, 112 applications have been made for fill sites in Langley. At the Monday night meeting, Richter asked for the vote to be deferred. Her motion was defeated. “I was concerned with the material that was presented to us from different members of the community who have been working very hard for the past seven months to help us achieve a bylaw that is tight and that reflects the wishes of the community,” said Richter. “I’m concerned there is still outstanding items from their perspective so I would like to move a deferral of this bylaw to allow for a meeting SEE: Page 3
Infamous intersection in spotlight By KRISTYL CLARK Aldergrove Star
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Langley Township Councillor Charlie Fox hopes the intersection at the corner of 264 Street and Robertson Crescent could get the green light for the addition of a left-turn bay — something he says will make the intersection much safer for motorists. “We recently had a fatal accident there, but I’ve also witnessed many, many other instances in that corner when you’re going northbound,” said Fox during Monday evening’s council meeting. “There is no left-turn bay there, so what happens is when a car stops with their blinker to turn left onto Robertson Crescent from 264 Street, often cars and trucks — and you can see it very evidently from the marks on the gravel — will pull around, making it a very dangerous situation.” Councillor Fox put forth a motion to council to send a letter to the Ministry of Transportation requesting a left-turn bay lane northbound at the intersection, as a measure of traffic safety.
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The motion was seconded by Councillor Kim Richter, who also noted the area is not well-lit. “I agree 100 per cent with Councillor Fox that this is a clenched-fist intersection and part of the problem is that the lights are way back where the trees block it — that’s something to be considered as well.” Councillor David Davis suggested that, in addition to a letter being sent to the Ministry of Transportation, one also one should be prepared for the Transportation Safety Committee — an amendment to Fox’s motion that was unanimously carried. At least four people were sent to the hospital with serious but non-life threatening injuries after a two-car crash occurred at the intersection earlier last month. In December, 2012, an 87-year-old man was killed and his wife seriously injured along with a 44-year-old Langley woman in another vehicle at the intersection of Robertson Crescent and 264 Street. Since that time, Langley Township council has been looking at improvements to the intersection.
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