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Friday, July 11, 2014
Battle lines drawn over moving urban boundary LEXI BAINAS CITIZEN
A delighted Duncan Mayor Phil Kent gives a thumb’s up to the news that an agreement has been signed that will see passenger trains again stopping at Duncan’s historic train station. [LEXI BAINAS/CITIZEN]
Deal bringing passenger train service back to railway LEXI BAINAS CITIZEN
An operating agreement signed Wednesday is set to restore passenger rail service on Vancouver Island. “It’s a great day. Obviously a very big important step in the future of rail service for the long term,” said
an excited Duncan Mayor Phil Kent Thursday afternoon outside the city’s iconic train station. The agreement is between Via Rail, the Island Corridor Foundation and Southern Railway of Vancouver Island Ltd., according to rail company president Frank Butzelaar.
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Butzelaar said the agreements must still be ratified by each organization’s respective boards befor it’s a done deal. Southern railway’s board is not scheduled to meet until August, he said.
“Brace yourself. The howls of protest are likely to start again,” said North Cowichan Coun. Al Siebring on his blog in a post entitled “Drawing a line in the swamp.” He was referring to a battle brewing over the municipality moving its urban containment boundary from its current location along Beverly Street to a more northerly line along the dike around Somenos Marsh. North Cowichan council, meeting as committee of the whole, decided on the move July 2, passing motions directing staff to amend the plan to reflect recent consultation with School District #79 and designate the Highway 1 site (adjacent to Vancouver Island University) as the only potential location for a new high school. Staff will also illustrate a revised UCB that follows the alignment of the dike between the Highway 1 and Lakes Road; and develop a revised land use concept for lands between Beverly Street and the dike which is
reflective of the revised UCB for further discussion with council at an upcoming committee of the whole meeting. Following up on that, North Cowichan officials offered more information for further discussion at a special council meeting July 10. Two similar concepts were offered, with the only significant difference being whether or not to identify a portion of municipally-owned lands adjacent to Beverly Street — the west triangle — for development purposes, or to identify it entirely as part of a proposed linear parks, open space and wetland system that is envisioned to encompass approximately 30 acres of land running on the south side of and adjacent to the dike from Highway 1 to Lakes Road. That might have been the thrust from North Cowichan’s staff but the proposed introduction of additional urban land uses on the north side of Beverly Street is still a contentious subject among many residents.
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