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Floodgates open on P3 water project
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bbotsford and Mission were set to open the floodgates of public opinion around a proposed P3 water project at their respective council meetings last night. Abbotsford Mayor George Peary said council was looking toward hearing residents’ thoughts on the issue.
‘Looking forward to hearing thoughts on Stave Lake proposal’
“We fully expect people will speak and offer their views,” he said, noting residents fall on both sides of P3 issues. Both municipal councils – joint members of the Abbotsford/Mission Water Sewer Commission (AMWSC) – are weighing a proposal to use a public private partnership (P3) to fund a $300 million project to
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use Stave Lake as a future water source. Stave Lake is deemed the most cost-effective option to meet future water demands and facilities must be online by 2015. The cost of the project, which
includes an intake and pump station, transmission mains, a treatment plant and expansion of the Maclure Reservoir, is projected to be $296 million. A draft business case by Deloitte and Touche suggests up to 25 per cent of the project, or more than $71 million, could be eligible for federal funding secured through
Public Private Partnerships Canada (PPP Canada). In advance of last night’s meeting, the city took the unusual step of issuing a public letter in local papers to clarify what it felt was “misleading” information being circulated about the project. “We wanted to set the record straight because . . . it’s been proposed we’re going to privatize the see WATER, page A16
Woman survives being hit by truck
SPECIAL ANNIVERSARY DARLING DUCKS IN A ROW
Driver working with APD ROCHELLE BAKER RBaker@abbotsfordtimes.com
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– JEAN KONDA-WITTE/TIMES
Youngsters Brianna Tefry, Jessica Sumal, Anika Phinney, Tavleen Bhangoo and Alicia Quiring skate to ‘You’ve Got a Friend in Me’ at the 40th anniversary of the Abbotsford Skating Club. The annual show Skating Four Decades . . . Tracing Our Stories was Saturday at MSA Arena. For more photos see our online photo gallery Wednesday at www.abbotsfordtimes.com.
bbotsford Police are hoping witnesses will come forward after a woman was struck by a truck and severely injured on Friday night. The 52-year-old pedestrian was struck by a Mazda pickup on Marshall Road just east of First reported @ McCallum at 8:10 p.m. abbotsfordtimes.com on Friday night, said Const. Ian MacDon- “. . . she’s ald. expected to The 32-year-old survive but is in man driving the truck was not hurt, but the intensive care.” woman suffered severe injuries internally and – Const. Ian MacDonald to the head, said MacDonald. “Last report is she went into emergency surgery . . . she’s expected to survive but is in intensive care.” The driver is fully cooperating with investigators, he said. The weather was poor and the pedestrian was wearing dark clothing at the time of the crash. There is some question as to whether she was jaywalking, and investigators are asking any witnesses to come forward, said MacDonald. “We can’t jump to any conclusions. We are still looking for witnesses . . . to help us piece together what happened.”
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