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Delayed by contaminants A complex, lengthy remediation process is ongoing at old mall site
By Jennifer Lang paving roads and creating curbs – promisThe remaining sidewalks will be completed ing signs that the start of construction was and concrete and construction debris will be imminent, even if the lack of a sidewalk on removed from what the president of the Clo- the north side of 57 Avenue has meant peverdale Chamber of Commerce has called the destrians have hobbled over rough gravel for months. city’s ‘mess’ in Cloverdale. Avis told The Reporter that “a complex and Debris, including discarded mattresses, has already been removed from the old Clover- lengthy remediation process is still ongoing.” He said the site is classified by the B.C. Mindale Mall site, according to Doug istry of the Environment as “high Avis, vice president of developrisk,” adding an additional level ment and investment with the of scrutiny and difficulty to the Surrey City Development Cor“The residential remediation process, which beporation, speaking in the wake of gan in 2012. condo market is strong criticism from local busiSCDC hired SNC-Lavalin to ness leaders about delays of the also a challenge in remediate the site, bordered by long-promised revitalization and the Cloverdale bypass and 175 Cloverdale.” redevelopment project (“NeglectStreet, but there were complicaful. Insulting. A mess,” July 24). The Surrey City Development - Doug Avis, Surrey tions with contaminants associCorp., in partnership with Town- CIty Development ated with the dry cleaner, resulting in further remediation work line Housing Solutions, is planCorp. being necessary. ning to re-develop the eight-acre SCDC was hoping remediasite as a multi-phase residential tion would have been complete and commercial project, but have had to grapple with an environmental prob- by 2013, “but regretfully, this is no longer the lem – contamination stemming from a for- case,” Avis said. The development corporation is now hopmer dry cleaning operation – creating more ing to obtain a certificate of compliance for delays. Site servicing began last summer, when the southwest corner of the site – the locaSee TOWNLINE / Page 6 crews began installing sewer infrastructure,
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Victoria Black Eagles’ Matteas Hamblin (right) beats John Vulcano of the Cloverdale Spurs to second base during a BC Provincial Peewee AAA baseball championship game at Cloverdale Ball Park on Aug. 2. For more Cloverdale Minor Baseball news, turn to page 13.
Teacher talks to seek settlement will resume Negotiators agree to get together one day after provincial government says it will pay strike savings to parents By Tom Fletcher Negotiators for school districts and the B.C. Teachers’ Federation are getting together Aug. 8 to seek a settlement in their long-running dispute before school starts up in September. A brief statement from the BCTF announced the resumption of talks last Friday afternoon, a day after the B.C. government announced a contingency plan to pay strike savings to parents of younger students if the strike keeps schools shut
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in September. The government saves an estimated $12 million a day when teachers go without paycheques, enough to pay parents $40 per missed school day for each child under 13 in public school. Recreation centres are preparing to extend summer camp and activity programs into the fall. Finance Minister Mike de Jong announced the contingency plan Thursday after several weeks without movement in the long-running dispute that shut schools for the last two
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weeks of June. Education Minister Peter Fassbender has said the union’s demands are far beyond settlements with other public sector unions, particularly on benefit improvements. The B.C. Public School Employers’ Association estimates the union’s benefit demands alone represent an additional $225 million a year. Those include increases to preparation time, pregnancy and parental leave, extended health and dental and substitute teacher compensation.
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