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Wednesday, January 15, 2014
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Hicks wants home-grown solution to water issues
Tax funds could be used for stand pipes
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control valve; pressure reducing valves and heated meters and piping and installation of stations in areas which are safe and not impacted by sudden increased demand during filling cycles. Hicks said there are 18 water suppliers and those changes to the dispensing stations were necessary to meet their goals. Hicks said he argues that there were only two suppliers of potable water and goals could be achieved with a stand pipe. “I want to separate the potable water suppliers from the rest of the water suppliers which are mostly for construction,” said Hicks. “Every single objective can be met. The good news is that we’re still in the game.” At the end of the meeting, the report to the JdFWDC was tabled so the CRD water staff could look at the feasibility of Mike Hicks’ suggestion. Any changes would require a change in the bylaws.
The Juan de Fuca Water Distribution Commission came together on January 7 to discuss bulk water dispensing stations. Previously the Sooke News Mirror reported on the fact that many residents in the Juan de Fuca, and in other areas of the CRD, would be paying more for delivery of potable water. New bulk water dispensing stations will be installed in Sooke, Langford and East Sooke. The East Sooke station is to be complete in 2014. At the meeting JdF Area Director Mike Hicks said he was offering up his meager gas tax funds to pay for two stand pipes on each end of the Juan de Fuca Electoral Area. “I suggested, and was backed by Herb Haldane, that we want to provide water as efficiently as we can to customers not on the water system,” said Hicks.
Hicks said there are 600 people needing potable water. The cost of those stand pipes would be between $5,000 and $10,000 and they would be placed as close to Otter Point as they can get and the other could be on the new East Sooke Fire Department property. A report by the CRD had been presented to the JdFWDC outlining an intended ‘accomplish list.’ The bulk water dispensing stations would allow for such things as: accurate metered discharge/billing information; automatic flow
New date set for court case
Cathy Park made her first appearance in Western Communities Provincial Court on January 9 on charges laid under the Prevention of Cruelty of Animals Act. Park’s case was adjourned for five weeks and she is scheduled to reappear on February 20.
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The Otter Point and Church Road connector is taking shape.
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New connector road draws comments Pirjo Raits
Sooke News Mirror
Not everyone who came to the January 13 Committee of the Whole meeting to hear about the new connector road was happy with the design. The connector is a $2,581,311 project to link Church and Otter Point Road in stage one of a multi-staged road network which will eventually provide a through road from Phillips Road to West Coast Road. The connector road and the trails have been identified in the 2009 Transportation Master Plan and the Parks & Trails Master Plan. A multi-use trail is already in place along Church Road. This first stage is expected to be
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complete by September 2014. “We are trying to shift vehicular traffic off Sooke Road and take some pressure off the downtown core, that’s the idea,” said Mayor Wendal Milne. One of the issues was the number of intersections along this section of the connector. Peter Ferguson, of McElhanney Consulting Services Ltd., stated there would be a multi-use trail on the south side and a sidewalk on the north side of the connector road. A round-about would eventually be located at the intersection of Otter Point and Grant Roads. Other concerns included safety issues such as; sight lines on
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the hill on Townsend Road, sun in the eyes of drivers during the winter months, lack of push-buttons at crosswalks and cyclists on the road rather than on the multi-use trail. A couple of residents came forward and asked that no through road be punched in from Anna Marie Road and it be left as is with its cul-de-sac. Councillor Rick Kasper wanted to see less crosswalks, the multi-use trail on the north side of the road and local bidders to reduce the carbon footprint. Other issues already mentioned were brought up by council and in the end Mayor Milne said, “and that’s where our democratic
opinions differ.” Ferguson answered most of the questions that were posed by council and the residents. He said pedestrians would get the “highest priority” in deliberations. Crosswalk warning signs would be in place as well as lighting and a boulevard between the pedestrians and the traffic. As the project is still in the design phase, amendments could still be made. The report was accepted and a further report will be presented to council on options on cost and what to do on Townsend Road. Council gave instructions for the consultants to get on with the design and the cost estimates.
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