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Royal Bay plan decision likely to come soon Multi-neighbourhood development in Colwood the centrepiece of revamped plan Don Descoteau News staff
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Taken too soon Zack Downey cuts a dashing figure in his Victoria Mariners jersey in this 2013 photo. The young Langford resident died of cancer in May and will be remembered at a memorial on Thursday at The Q Centre from 1 to 4 p.m. See story Page A3.
Residents around the proposed Royal Bay project in Colwood worry that “unneighbourly” site preparation may be an indication of the developer’s commitment to future work on the project. Changes to the City of Colwood’s 1996 Royal Bay area plan – which would amend the city’s official community plan – passed third reading last week following a short public hearing. The final vote on the changes could come as early as the June 23 council meeting. Councillors heard a variety of complaints before voting 5-1 to move the proposal forward. Among them, residents said ground-shaking work on the former gravel pit had caused cracks in foundations and retaining walls, crews had ignored noise bylaws and clouds of dust had drifted unabated through neighbourhoods. In fact, residents lodged two more complaints with the city last weekend related to equipment noise and dust. Mayor Carol Hamilton, who didn’t answer questions at the public hearing, as third reading calls for no council discussion, said later she understands what residents are going through. “I think they’re feeling a little left out of the loop,” she said. “For the
long-term residents, they’ve been putting up with issues around that area for a long time, not necessarily what this development is creating, but the years of the gravel pits and the trucks and the dirt and the noise.” After the gravel pit was closed by Lehigh in 2007, there was a break from activity on the site for more than five years. With massive amounts of earth moving done in the past year and the new Royal Bay secondary under construction on the property, the site has been as busy as the gravel pit days. Paul Fenske, a principal with design and urban planning firm Ekistics, is working with the city on behalf of developer B.C. Investment Management Corporation. He told the Gazette in an interview that bcIMC chose to go full speed ahead on the necessary site upgrades to avoid subjecting nearby residents to a much longer dusty, noisy process. “The site was left in an unfinished and unstable state,” he said, attempting to explain the condition of the property bought by bcIMC in 2012. The company spent an estimated $25 million on earth-moving, regrading, managing erosion and stormwater runoff in 2013, Fenske said, with the idea of completing much of that work sooner than later. PleAse see: Royal Bay area, Page A16
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