From the desk of Regional Director Robyn Mawhinney
Hello:
These hot, hazy summer days are so special, I hope youâre enjoying every minute of them! Strathcona Regional District news is at a summer pace, yet there is news to share. At the July 23 Board meeting, planning for Quathiaski Cove sewer and water was considered and thatâs what this report focuses on
Continue reading Area C Director’s Report: QCove infrastructure planning at the SRD
Campbell Riverâs Strathcona Gardens is in the midst of re-development. Following a successful Alternative Approval Process (APP) in Campbell River and Area D, whose residents use this complex, in 2023 the Board authorized borrowing up to $64.6 million for this project. Crews are currently building the foundations.
The SRD is exploring the possibility of using Area C property tax dollars to support this complex, but has not yet decided upon a course of action. This sparked a great deal of resistance from Area C residents who do not want to see their property taxes increased to pay for a âCampbell Riverâ project.
Continue reading Area C Taxpayers Resistant to paying for Strathcona Gardens Re-Development
The We Wai Kai Nation wanted to find out more about their water resources on Quadra Island when the ICAN water security team approached them about a possible partnership.
âI wanted to find out how much water we have? Where is it coming from? We want to know if the water’s good on Quadra, and protect those watersheds. We want to map out where everything is and get educational pieces out there about our drinking water – ‘donât be polluting this area!’â explained Jason Price, Director of Lands for the We Wai Kai First Nation.
Continue reading How the WE Wai Kai/ ICAN Water Security Team Partnership came into beingEditor’s note: The well monitoring currently underway Quadra Island is a model of how this could be done on Cortes.
A joint We Wai Kai/ ICAN Water Security team has been monitoring Quadra Island wells for the past month as part of a much larger project to calculate the islandâs water budget.
“At the moment 13 wells are being monitored, and another three or four will be added from Cape Mudge. So there will probably be 17 deeper wells and Eileen McKay, particularly, has been saying for a while that we need to add shallow wells. We’ll be doing that hopefully this year,” explained Nick Sargent, a former professional hydrologist who is overseeing the well monitoring.
Continue reading Joint We Wai Kai/ ICAN Team Monitoring Quadra Island WellsHow our local government works – Part 4 of 5 from the Feb 9 SRD Board Meeting
As the Strathcona Regional District (SRD) prepares to amend its indebtedness agreement with CityWest, to pay for the installation of high speed internet, Regional Director Jim Abram is concerned that parts of area C are being left out.
Continue reading High speed internet: Are Read, West Thurlow and part of Quadra Island being left out?
