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SAANICHNEWS Wednesday, May 15, 2013
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Saanich mulls key contracts for kitchen scraps recycling
Power of the Velox freight train Velox’s Lynzi Anderson, supported by Monique Boag on the ground and Freddy Rajotte, tackle Burnaby Lake fullback Genevieve Gratton. Saanich-based Velox fell short of winning its second straight premier women’s championship with a 17-13 loss, this time on home soil, as the B.C. Rugby Union held three of its top finals at Wallace Field at the University of Victoria. The UVic Norsemen won the Div. 1 Ceili’s Cup 35-25 over Burnaby Lake, while James Bay capped the day with an 18-10 win over Burnaby Lake in the Rounsefell Cup premier men’s championship. Turn to sports on page A18 for more.
Kyle Slavin News staff
Saanich council on Monday was expected two approve two hefty contracts as part of the municipality’s move next year to keep kitchen scraps out of the landfill. The first contract, worth $3.2 million, was to be awarded to Rollins Machinery Limited to purchase 13 new collection trucks that are capable of automated bin pickup. “We held off for two budget cycles on some of the other vehicle replacements until we had a decision what kind of collection and what the model is,” said Mike Ippen, Saanich’s manager of public works. The second contract, worth $4.7 million, was to be awarded to Mitchell Brothers Farm. This contract is for Mitchell Brothers to receive the organics, collected in new green bins that will be provided to each Saanich household, and process the material to create compost for five years. One more request for proposals for garbage collection remains outstanding. Ippen hopes in the coming weeks Saanich will be able to begin to process to find a supplier of the curbside garbage and organics bins. In January council approved a new garbage collection system that will require Saanich homeowners to separate food scraps from traditional trash. The new collection system will also require households to wheel both bins to the curb every two weeks. An education campaign to prepare residents for the new collection system, slated to begin next year, is expected to start next month. kslavin@saanichnews.com
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CRD rejects moving sewage plants to rural Saanich Don Descoteau News staff
The Capital Regional District has shot down a proposal to relocate the planned regional sewage treatment plant and the biosolids plant to rural farmland in Saanich. Esquimalt Mayor Barb Desjardins brought forward a motion to consider the proposal to last
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Wednesday’s CRD board meeting after she was approached by a landowner willing to sell property at 1947 Burnside Rd. W., near the junction with Prospect Lake Road. The discussions happened behind closed doors, but the board determined it would release the results of the vote due to intense public interest in regional sewage treatment.
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301-5110 Cordova Bay Rd. CORDOVA BAY $524,900
Early estimates by CRD staff determined that moving the project to the Burnside site would require two additional pumping stations and many kilometres more pipe, and would increase the cost by 23 per cent, or an extra $200 million, for a total project cost of $962.7 million. Operating costs would be an estimated $734,000 higher per year. editor@vicnews.com
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303-1007 Caledonia Ave. VICTORIA $279,000
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