The BCHP says it continues to communicate and engage with the affected municipalities

The Delta Police Department will be solely responsible for all trafficrelated calls on the provincial highway network, including fatal collisions, as the BC Highway Patrol (BCHP) will realign its service delivery model.

Share your feedback online at: letstalk.delta.ca/lu009522 until August 25, 2023

The following are key aspects of the proposal:

• Two 32-storey towers, inclusive of five and nine-storey podiums, with 643 market condo units;

• The podiums would include a mix of retail at-grade and office and residential above;

• A central plaza with public spaces would be formed between the podiums of the towers;

• A 10-storey mid-rise building with 150 senior-oriented housing units above at-grade retail and a 6-storey rental building with 66 market and 17 non-market rental units above at-grade retail;

• The development would have a residential density of 363 units per hectare (147 units per acre) and a floor space ratio of 4 0;

• The project would include indoor and outdoor common amenity spaces in several locations;

• Two childcare facilities for a total of 60 children (30 spaces in each facility); and

• A total of 1,577 parking stalls in an underground parkade

The proposal is consistent with the Official Community Plan and includes applications for:

• Rezoning from Core Commercial (C1) to a new Comprehensive Development Zone; and

• A Scott Road Corridor (SRC) Development Permit to address the form and character of the development

• Details on the application are available at letstalk.delta.ca/lu009522

• Have other questions or comments? Contact the Development Department at:

Chief Neil Dubord at a recent Delta Police Board meeting talked about a few of the upcoming budget challenges facing his department including BCHP’s plan to alter the scope of service on provincial highways within municipalities.

Before further discussing the issues in-camera with the board, he noted the change means Delta Police will be fully responsible for 68-km of

As of Sept. 1, 2023, all traffic-related calls for service on provincial highways within municipal boundaries will be a municipal responsibility, including all fatal collisions.

Provincial Highway

Starting Sept. 1, BCHP will no longer attend all traffic-related calls on provincial highways, such as erratic drivers and collisions, including fatal accidents, and instead focus on such proactive measures as impaired driving investigations.

The BCHP says trafficrelated calls will be a municipal responsibility.

In addition to Delta, other communities that will be impacted include New Westminster, North Vancouver, Port Coquitlam, Richmond, Surrey, Hope, the districts of Kent, Mission and North Vancouver, as well as the Fraser Valley Regional District, Township of Langley and Village of Harrison Hot Springs

BC Highway Patrol Media Relations Officer

Cpl. Mike Moore, on behalf of C/Supt Holly Turton, Officer in Charge, provided a statement to the Optimist that the BCHP mandate, provided in BC RCMP Provincial policy, is to decrease the number of serious injury and fatal collisions on provincial highways through proactive enforcement, education the building of partnerships and the interception of illegal contraband

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AlternativeApprovalfor dispositionbywayof lease–DeltaParkLease BylawNo.3269,2023

Councilmayproceedwiththe adoptionofDeltaParkLease BylawNo.3269,2023,unless atleast10%(7,573)ofthe eligibleelectorsoftheCityof Deltasignandsubmitelector responseformsindicating theiroppositiontothe proposedleaseofparkland at8312RiverRoad(only southernportionof approximately3,312m²)

Theproposedbylawand relatedmaterialsare availableforpublicinspection attheOfficeoftheCityClerk, CityofDelta,4500Clarence TaylorCrescent,8:30a.m to 4:45p.m.,Mondaythrough Friday,excludingstatutory holidays,fromAugust3,2023 toSeptember11,2023.