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n Vancouver-based banjo player Paul Silveria performs on stage at the NimbleFingers Bluegrass and Oldtime Music Festival held Saturday at the Sorrento Centre. The newlynamed event drew appreciative audiences for the music and oldfashioned family fun. It also featured music workshops throughout the week at the Sorrento Centre.
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Province to fund bridge construction Hummingbird Creek: Announcement of $3 million project to prevent washouts. By Lachlan Labere
market news staff
The B.C. government has finally agreed to give Swansea Point residents what they have been calling for since last summer’s devastating flooding from Hummingbird Creek. On Tuesday, Transport Minister Todd Stone announced the province will be committing $3 million to the
construction of a new bridge next year along the creek over Highway 97A. Stone made the announcement while standing next to the existing culvert beneath the highway which rapidly clogged during last year’s flooding, sending water and debris over the highway and into residential areas in Swansea Point. Following the flood event, the
province contracted the firm Golder and Associates to assess the creek and provide recommendations for remedial work. Stone said Golder’s report is now public, and that it identifies the culvert as not meeting ministry requirements for flow capacity. “So today, along with colleague Greg Kyllo, MLA for Shuswap, I’m pleased to announce the government is remedying the situation; we
are going to construct a new, clearspan bridge on Highway 97A over Hummingbird Creek,” said Stone. “This bridge will replace the existing culvert right behind me here. It will result in a higher level of dependability. “The structure will also increase capacity for Hummingbird Creek See Bridge on page 2
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