Tache Freezes Development in Landmark By Marianne Curtis After approving a 100-lot subdivision on the east side of Landmark, the RM of Tache council has shut the door on development in the community for the second time in a decade. A moratorium on development within Landmark was placed about ten years ago, and lifted in 2009 after the community expanded its lagoon. However, according to Mayor Bill Danylchuk, the community has a new problem. “We are not capable of providing the water pressure for additional construction and additional homes,” confirmed Danylchuk. “We have a low pressure system in Landmark which means the lift station needs to be upgraded along with the force mains.” The RM of Tache says that Landmark will need to look at a new water treatment system instead of relying on several smaller systems. The municipality estimates that it will cost millions of dollars, which it cannot afford. “The RM of Tache will apply for infrastructure funding that is supposed to become available next year,” stated Danylchuk. “As much as we don’t like it, we have been put in this position.” Danylchuk says the province has insisted on the development freeze until the upgrade is complete. “We cannot get a license to do any more development until these facilities are upgraded,” he confirmed.
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La Broquerie Sewer Rates Skyrocket For the first time in eight years residents living within the Village of La Broquerie will see a sewer rate increase and it is a significant one. According to Roger Bouvier, CAO for the RM of La Broquerie, residents will notice that their sewer rate service charges have risen by 648%, from $5 to $37.40. “The actual sewer rate services has gone up 27% from $77 to $97.88,” explained Bouvier. “If a revised rate had been approved sooner, the increase would have been more gradual but it has been eight years since they were revised.” The RM of La Broquerie applied for the rate increase back in January 2013 but the process took a year for approval from the Public Utilities Board.