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Golf club land offered up as treatment site Property owned by Royal Colwood added to possible Westside sites Katherine Engqvist News Gazette staff
Royal Colwood Golf Club has stepped up to the plate and offered a three-acre parcel of land for possible use in a Westside wastewater treatment system. The private club, the first organization to voluntarily offer up property for the project, recently wrote the Westside Wastewater Treatment and Resource Recovery Select Committee (Westside Select Committee) to declare its intention to be part of a treatment solution. “They sought us out,” said committee cochair and Colwood Mayor Carol Hamilton. Photo by Ian Simpson “We did the work ahead of time,” she said. City of Langford park planner Jane Waters stands in front of a house being demolished on city owned property on Claude “We made sure what we were looking at met Road. The rental house was immediately in front of Danbrook Park, a source of neighbourhood concern for unsavoury at least minimum requirements.” activity over the years. The city is creating a parking lot to improve sight lines and access to the park. With the deadline today (July 22) for the public to provide online feedback on the possible sites at fluidsurveys.com/s/WestsideSiteSpeak/, the addition of Royal Colwood Golf Club gives another potential option. An addendum form has been added to include the Royal Colwood Golf Club site and comoccupying the house. The property backs Park is a popular destination for area resipleted feedback forms can be adjusted to onto Danbrook Park, a previously well-hid- dents. The removal of the house and creprovide input on this new site. den green space at the dead-end of Dan- ation of the parking lot will help increase Hamilton said instead of selecting every brook Avenue that has hosted unsavoury sight lines into the park, she said, and potentially suitable property they could think make it more difficult for people to hide activities in the past. of, the Westside group did a careful analysis “We had always planned on making an their activities. of its area to find the best options, a strategy “It was a bad park years ago,” said expansion (of the park),” said Jane Waters, Katherine Engqvist that has made the process easier. By comLangford Coun. Lanny Seaton, who chairs Langford park planner. News Gazette staff parison, the Eastside committee took a differThe property will be turned into a park- the city’s parks, recreation, culture and ent approach and whittled down a large list A house is missing from Claude Road in ing lot, with work expected to be com- beautification committee. “It hadn’t been of properties. Langford but residents couldn’t be hap- pleted in time for the Crown Victoria Show upgraded in quite a while.” general, Hamilton said the push is on for He said a number of neighbours pier. As crews worked to demolish the and Shine on Aug. 15 on Bryn Maur Road, Our laser measuring system highlightshad damage toInwithin ultrapublic input. “Early feedback (of the entire house last Wednesday, some neighbours and the Langford Car Show on Aug. 16, called to complain about things like drug frame has to been very positive.” process) use intolerances the park. so we can safely restore your which closes down a nearby section of precise spontaneously applauded. The property, located at 2765 Claude Goldstream Avenue for much of Sunday. its original factory specs. Together with our unbeaten Waters said despite being the site of Rd. is owned by the City of Langford and PlEASE SEE: SEE: technical Dog-friendly expertise and first-class service, it’s Deadline today forPlEASE has been for quite a while, with a tenant some illegal activity in past, Danbrook initiative, Page A4 online responses, Page A4
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