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WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 5, 2016
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CYCLISTS SAY
Sharing path a bad idea By Cayley Dobie
cdobie@burnabynow.com
Cycling advocates in Burnaby are standing firm against a proposed shared pathway that would link the future Brentwood development to Hastings Street. HUB Burnaby, the local branch of a non-profit organization that promotes cycling in the community, is calling on the City of Burnaby to rethink the design for its proposed Willingdon Greenway. The current design is a 1.2-kilometre multi-use pathway that would be accessible to both pedestrians and cyclists. It’s proposed to run from Brentlawn Drive to Hastings Street, connecting Brentwood Town Centre to the north part of the city. There are already several similar urban trails throughout the city. Continued on page 8
PATH PROBLEMS: Moreno Zanotto, a member of HUB Burnaby and the City of Burnaby’s transportation committee, is unhappy with the city’s proposed Willingdon Greenway, which would be a shared pathway for pedestrians and cyclists travelling between Brentlawn Drive and Hastings Street. PHOTO JENNIFER GAUTHIER
RECYCLING COLLECTION WOULD NOT CHANGE
City moves toward fewer garbage pickups By Jeremy Deutsch
jdeutsch@burnabynow.com
A number of communities have already done away with weekly garbage pickup, and it looks like Burnaby could be following suit. On Monday, city council approved a report from staff recommending imple-
menting biweekly curbside and multi-family residential curbside garbage collection. A staff report noted moving from weekly to biweekly garbage collection, while maintaining weekly collection of recycling (blue box) and green materials (yard waste and organics/food waste), will not only result
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in greater diversion from the waste stream, it will also provide opportunities for enhanced services. The recommendation was already endorsed by the city’s financial management committee at a meeting last month. The report noted the introduction of recycling and
green waste has resulted in diversion of approximately 50 per cent of materials from being sent to the landfill or the waste-to-energy facility. The city pointed to a recent report from Metro Vancouver that found communities that have moved from weekly to biweekly
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garbage collection, including Vancouver, Surrey, Richmond, Coquitlam, and Port Coquitlam, have seen an average of 33 per cent reduction in the tonnage of waste disposed, with reductions ranging from 26 to 43 per cent. “The city, which is one of the few communities in this
region still collecting residential garbage on a weekly basis, can also achieve similar reductions by moving to biweekly garbage collection,” the staff report stated. The proposed changes got a thumbs up from city council. Coun. Dan Johnston Continued on page 5
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