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TERRACE - Part of the project to make the Sande Overpass more efficient and safer is widening Keith Ave. to the east and west of the overpass. Eugene Smith of Adventure Construction in Prince Rupert, which has the contract for the work, examines work going on just west of the overpass on Keith.
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TERRACE - Terrace city council is withholding a letter of support for pipeline developer TransCanada until after a meeting with the provincial government next week concerning a revenue sharing agreement with northern local governments. TransCanada official Dave Kmet told council he is trying to raise a message of support from municipalities to counter the controversial and negative press generated by protests and opposition to projects. Kmet highlighted the employment the activity of his company has brought to the area with environmental and other work over the last three years, but not-
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ed that “to other places that are not in north central BC…the only thing you see is controversy.” He said support statements from communities helps the company make a more convincing case to investors for the billions needed to finance the work Kmet’s request was put on hold when councilor James Cordeiro moved that any such letter should first wait until northern local governments meet with provincial officials next week to press their case for a share of the taxation revenues that would flow to the province from liquefied natural gas and other developments. Cordeiro’s motion was supported by every councillor except Brian Downie. “We have not had any firm
commitment from the province on our request for the Northwest B.C. Resource Benefits Alliance. This is a strategic move to hold the province’s feet to the fire,” said mayor Carol Leclerc after the meeting. A revenue sharing agreement would bring a percentage of royalties from all industrial activity back to northern communities, and 21 municipalities and regional districts from Haida Gwaii to Vanderhoof have signed on under an umbrella organization called the Northwest B.C. Resource Benefits Alliance. Downie voted against the motion to hold off support of TransCanada’s projects, saying it sends mixed messages. “The motion contradicts positions this council has taken in
the past,” he said. “I don’t think that’s fair to the project or the citizens of Terrace to play politics with two projects as serious and significant as these projects are.” But councillor Stacey Tyers, who is also the chair of the Kitimat-Stikine regional district and the chair of the benefits alliance, said Downie was incorrect. “We have supported projects, and supported projects under the promise from the premier that our communities would see benefits from those projects, and by leaping ahead to writing letters of support before those commitments have come into place, that is doing our communities a disservice. We are here to represent our communities and our citizens, not independent projects,” she said.