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What’s next for flume project?
City will look for a second opinion on engineering and a way to change parameters of grants C AROLYN GR ANT Bulletin Editor
Kimberley City Council, amid uncertainties about the final cost of the project, voted to delay work on the next and final phase of the Mark Creek flume rehab this week. That means there will be no work on the widening
and deepening of Mark Creek through wKimberley to replace the concrete flume that has reached the end of its useful life. The City had been awarded federal and provincial grants for two thirds of the project, budgeted at $3.15 million. So what happens now? Does the grant money get returned? Is the project just shelved until the City feels comfortable with the budget and the tenders? Not necessarily, says Mayor Don McCormick. There are some next steps that will be taken immediately.
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“There are two critical things,” he said. “First is moving forward with finding an appropriate engineering firm to give us a second opinion and assess what all our approaches and options may be. “The whole uncertainty around what exactly happens with BJ’s Restaurant has to be resolved amicably on both sides.” BJ’s sits at a narrow area of the creek right at the Wallinger Ave./Hwy 95A bridge. In his report to Council, Don Schacher from Operations wrote: See FLUME, page 3
Open fires restricted in Southeast Fire Centre 27 abandoned campfires over long weekend TRE VOR CR AWLEY C AROLYN GR ANT
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Wednesday, May 20 was National Public Works Day and the City of Kimberley hosted an open house at the Public Works Yard. A number of classes visited, including the Grades 5s from McKim, and enjoyed crawling over the equipment and checking everything out.
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There will be an indefinite fire ban in the Southeast Fire District beginning today Friday, May 22, at 11 a.m. that will help prevent human-caused wildfires and protect public safety. Prohibited fire activities include: •burning of wast, slash or other materials. •Stubble or grass fires of any size over any area. •use of fireworks, sky lanterns or burning barrels or cages of any size or description. •use of binary exploding targets
(i.e. rifle target practice). •use of air curtain burners. The prohibition does not ban campfires that are a half-metre high by half-metre wide or smaller and it does not apply to cooking stoves that use gas, propane or briquettes. You can still have a campfire, whether you are in a provincial park with fire pits provided or camping on Crown land, says Sandy Bernard from the Southeast Fire Centre. “Provided its kept to a half metre by half metre, you can have a campfire,” she said. “But caution is urged. If you do not have a provided fire pit, select your site carefully. Guard it down to mineral soil. You should have a hand tool and eight liters of water to put it out. See FIRE, page 3