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A million more for road rehab Jennifer Feinberg The Progress That bumpy ride is set to get a tad smoother. Thousands of tonnes of hot mix asphalt are going down this year on the streets of Chilliwack. The 2015 Asphalt Rehabilitation and Shoulder Paving tender went to GTB Construction for $2.138 million after a council vote last May. That’s almost a million more than last year’s tender. “Aggressive tendering by the bidders will allow the City to proceed with all the base and provisional work, within the 2015 budget,” according to the staff report. Local roads up for fresh blacktop include sections of: Lindell, Edward, Ryder Lake, Sumas Prairie, Thornton, Airport, Yale, Young, First, Bailey and Luckakuck. The Road Rehab budget also covers $1.4 million of work not included in the base tender, such as repaving on Camp River, and Promontory Roads, as well as road strengthening on Elkview and some rail crossing improvements. Boundary Road was tentatively on the provisional list with a water main replacement planned in Yarrow, but the water project is not going ahead this year so neither is the repaving on Boundary since it’s contingent on the provisional work. Continued: ROAD/ p7
Haley Chase and the Fever perform on stage for Chilliwack’s Canada Day celebrations at Townsend Park on Wednesday night. For more photos from Canada Day, see page 14. JESSICA PETERS/ PROGRESS
Canada Day celebrations draw a crowd Jessica Peters The Progress
About 15,000 tonnes asphalt will be laid in Chilliwack this summer. PROGRESS FILE
Chilliwack celebrated Canada Day basking in the warm glow of a full moon on Wednesday night. “Look what Mother Nature gave you tonight, look at that beautiful moon!” emcee Trevor McDonald told the crowds at Townsend Park, as the sun went down and the moon rose over Mt. Cheam. “You can’t plan a backdrop like that, ladies and gentleman.” The Canada Day celebrations
were a resounding success, with food trucks and community organizations making use of the parking lot, and about 7,000 people eventually making their way into the park areas and artificial turf field. Children were invited to have their faces painted, ride the Rotary Train, or take part in activities like potato sack races, set up by the Chilliwack YMCA. Earlier in the day, firefighters soaked down the rubber turf to cool it, and set up a spray area which kept the children’s zone a bit cooler.
It all got started at about 5 p.m., with a beautiful performance of the national anthem by 10-year-old Maya Earl. That led into sets by the Curbside Traditional Jazz Band, Todd Richard, Haley Chase and the Fever, and finally Bobby Bruce and his band, Canadian A. But the entertainment didn’t stop there. Aerial acrobatics were performed by members of The Goddess Movement. And topping off the night was a special performance by the Cascadia Wind Ensemble. The 25-piece group of local musi-
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cians brought the fireworks show to new level, playing symphony selections at the base of the stage, and amplified for all to hear with the help of Go Audio. The heat of the day kept the crowds smaller at the outset of the evening, but as sun went down the fields filled with festive families ready to celebrate Canada Day. Among all the dignitaries and musical acts to hit the stage, there was one very special guest who had a moment in the spotlight.
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