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Re: CRD water project under fire for cost, ‘flawed’ process (News, Dec.…

  • Dec 8, 2023

 

Effective Jan. 2, 2024, GFL Environmental Incorporated (GFL) will begin delivering the Capital Regional District’s (CRD) curbside blue box collection program. (CRD photo)

Big changes coming to CRD blue box collections in 2024

Some collection days may change for certain residents

 

A project to improve water supply and keep up with demand has been announced, but Colwood Coun. Ian Ward has said that this is not needed as water usage rates have not increased at the same rate as population growth. (News Staff/Thomas Eley)

CRD water project under fire from Colwood council for cost, ‘flawed’ process

‘This is the single most expensive capital project in the CRD history’

 

Durrance Lake in Saanich is a popular place in the summer for recreation. This file photo shows someone previously swimming in the lake. (Black Press Media file photo)

Toxins warning issued by CRD for humans and pets at Saanich lake

Durrance Lake added to list

Durrance Lake in Saanich is a popular place in the summer for recreation. This file photo shows someone previously swimming in the lake. (Black Press Media file photo)
The Ministry of Transportation completed repairs to a 50-metre stretch of Malahat highway on Oct. 31, almost two years after heavy rains and floods washed out the northbound lane and compromised the cliffside retaining wall. A campaign the CRD could look at joining wants to sue fossil fuel companies for climate-related costs taxpayers are paying. (Courtesy of B.C.’s Ministry of Transportation)

CRD to vote on studying impact of joining lawsuit against ‘big oil’ firms

Campaign hopes to help communities recoup costs related to climate change

The Ministry of Transportation completed repairs to a 50-metre stretch of Malahat highway on Oct. 31, almost two years after heavy rains and floods washed out the northbound lane and compromised the cliffside retaining wall. A campaign the CRD could look at joining wants to sue fossil fuel companies for climate-related costs taxpayers are paying. (Courtesy of B.C.’s Ministry of Transportation)
The bottom right portion of the photo shows what will be Cell 4 at Hartland landfill. Cell 3, shown in the upper right side of the photo, has been taking the region’s solid waste since 2016 and will be full by late 2024. (Courtesy of Derek Ford/CRD)

Landfill section nears capacity as CRD grants $11M for Hartland’s next phase

New landfilling rates set for Jan. 1 aim to incentivize salvaging and reusing materials

The bottom right portion of the photo shows what will be Cell 4 at Hartland landfill. Cell 3, shown in the upper right side of the photo, has been taking the region’s solid waste since 2016 and will be full by late 2024. (Courtesy of Derek Ford/CRD)
Garbage bins line a Victoria street in October. The CRD will evaluate making it mandatory that all of its 13 communities have some form of curbside green bin collection. (Jake Romphf/News Staff)

CRD could explore making green bin collection mandatory in all communities

Food and yard waste the second-largest trash source as 7 municipalities offer no curbside service

Garbage bins line a Victoria street in October. The CRD will evaluate making it mandatory that all of its 13 communities have some form of curbside green bin collection. (Jake Romphf/News Staff)
Agnes Ratcliffe died Oct. 11 and now her former partner and child face eviction. (Photo courtesy of the family of Agnes Ratcliffe)

Landlord evicting Sidney man and child just days after woman’s sudden death

Man’s name wasn’t on the lease signed with CRHC

Agnes Ratcliffe died Oct. 11 and now her former partner and child face eviction. (Photo courtesy of the family of Agnes Ratcliffe)
A stand-up paddleboarder powers through the water at Elk Lake. (Katherine Engqvist/News Staff)

CRD issues toxins warning for humans, pets at Saanich beach

Stay out of the water, says CRD

A stand-up paddleboarder powers through the water at Elk Lake. (Katherine Engqvist/News Staff)
Bikes parked at Willows Beach in Oak Bay. (Christine van Reeuwk/News Staff)

CRD bike map survey seeks anonymous input from Greater Victoria cyclists

Map shows 58 routes and paths through 13 municipalities and electoral areas

  • Oct 5, 2023
Bikes parked at Willows Beach in Oak Bay. (Christine van Reeuwk/News Staff)
A cyclist navigates the shoulder in traffic along Oak Bay Avenue in Victoria. Road vehicles were once again the Capital Region’s greatest emitter in 2022. (Black Press Media file photo)

Car travel and natural gas use stress targets as CRD emissions rise

Emissions drop 7 per cent in 15 years amid goal to cut GHGs by 61 per cent by 2038

A cyclist navigates the shoulder in traffic along Oak Bay Avenue in Victoria. Road vehicles were once again the Capital Region’s greatest emitter in 2022. (Black Press Media file photo)
One of ETGM2’s modular gasification systems that the Calgary-based company said could be utilized by the CRD in addressing its biosolids. (Courtesy of ETGM2)

Calgary company hopes to fill CRD’s biosolid gasification needs

Facilities at Hartland could be ready in weeks to months, company says

One of ETGM2’s modular gasification systems that the Calgary-based company said could be utilized by the CRD in addressing its biosolids. (Courtesy of ETGM2)
CRD board chair Colin Plant says an oxygen-generation system being put in place at Elk/Beaver Lake is going to be a game-changer. (Brendan Mayer/News Staff)

‘Game-changer’: Oxygenator installation will pump new life into Island lake

New system expected to relief Saanich’s Elk/Beaver Lake system from nutrient-loading and algae bloom

CRD board chair Colin Plant says an oxygen-generation system being put in place at Elk/Beaver Lake is going to be a game-changer. (Brendan Mayer/News Staff)
Pictured is the Capital Regional District’s wastewater treatment facility at McLoughlin Point. Local groups have reiterated their opposition to land applying biosolids in the CRD as a long-term plan. (CRD image)

Groups criticize CRD’s pace in advancing thermal biosolid-disposal facility

Spreading the treated sewage on South Island lands still facing opposition

Pictured is the Capital Regional District’s wastewater treatment facility at McLoughlin Point. Local groups have reiterated their opposition to land applying biosolids in the CRD as a long-term plan. (CRD image)
Pedestrians and cyclists cross the Selkirk Trestle area of the Galloping Goose trail on Aug. 10. The busiest sections of the Galloping Goose and Lochside trails will be widened to create separated routes for walking and cycling over the next six years. (Jake Romphf/News Staff)

CRD rolls out expedited, $53M regional trail widening timeline

Busiest sections of the Galloping Goose, Lochside trails to split up walkers and cyclists

Pedestrians and cyclists cross the Selkirk Trestle area of the Galloping Goose trail on Aug. 10. The busiest sections of the Galloping Goose and Lochside trails will be widened to create separated routes for walking and cycling over the next six years. (Jake Romphf/News Staff)
The CRD has been presented some long-term options for managing its biosolids. (Courtesy of GHD/Long-Term Biosolids Beneficial Use Option Analysis)

Land application dominates long-term options for CRD’s biosolids

Long-term thermal processing facility for treated sewage up to 10 years away

The CRD has been presented some long-term options for managing its biosolids. (Courtesy of GHD/Long-Term Biosolids Beneficial Use Option Analysis)
Years after it started operating, odour complaints about the $775-million McLoughlin Point Wastewater Treatment Plant continue to come in. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chad Hipolito

Greater Victoria’s $775M wastewater plant still seeing odour complaints

Neighbouring residents doubt the sewage treatment site’s smells will ever go away

Years after it started operating, odour complaints about the $775-million McLoughlin Point Wastewater Treatment Plant continue to come in. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chad Hipolito
Biosolids will continue to be trashed at Hartland landfill as various plans fall through for the CRD. (Facebook/Capital Regional District)

CRD to continue trashing biosolids despite $100K per-month price tag

Treated sewage could still be headed up-Island as board votes against spreading it within CRD

Biosolids will continue to be trashed at Hartland landfill as various plans fall through for the CRD. (Facebook/Capital Regional District)
The CRD’s search for immediate alternatives for biosolids is becoming urgent as the current filling area at Hartland landfill is being “exhausted at a much higher rate than anticipated.” Pictured is a 2020 aerial shot of a section of the landfill. (YouTube/Capital Regional District)

CRD could spread treated sewage on local lands after Nanaimo-area criticism

Primary and contingency plans falter as local landfill being exhausted faster than expected

The CRD’s search for immediate alternatives for biosolids is becoming urgent as the current filling area at Hartland landfill is being “exhausted at a much higher rate than anticipated.” Pictured is a 2020 aerial shot of a section of the landfill. (YouTube/Capital Regional District)
Hikers check the official Capital Regional District park map during a hike in Sea to Sea Regional Park in Sooke. This summer the CRD reminds park visitors to follow simple park etiquette such as staying on official, sanctioned trails. (Courtesy CRD Parks)

Capital Regional District urges visitors to stick to official trails, practise park etiquette

Summer awareness campaign also targets littering, smoking in parks

Hikers check the official Capital Regional District park map during a hike in Sea to Sea Regional Park in Sooke. This summer the CRD reminds park visitors to follow simple park etiquette such as staying on official, sanctioned trails. (Courtesy CRD Parks)