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Langley City hosted Local Government Day for all Grade 5 students in City schools. It’s an annual event to teach them about how the municipality works. Despite the rain, Simonds Elementary students Aiden Garbutt, Jeffrey Kirbyson and Jacob Astles were thrilled for a chance to climb into the heavy equipment that was on display. There were also emergency vehicles, equipment from the various City departments and a Q&A session with Acting Mayor Ted Schaffer.
Langley Township and Metro Vancouver will go back to court over the University District.
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Langley Township Mayor Jack Froese had harsh words for Metro Vancouver’s decision to appeal a ruling on the University District lands. “I think it’s ridiculous,” Froese said of the appeal. Metro Vancouver had petitioned the courts and attempted to overrule Langley Township on the planned University District and Wall property development around Glover Road and Labonte Avenue. The University District and nearby housing were intended to accommodate future growth of the private university, and the Township had rezoned some lands in the area to
“There’s nothing to settle, we won,” said Residential Institution. Froese. “The judge was very clear.” Metro Vancouver argued that the plan Langley Township already spent about was an assault on the region’s Green Zone, $50,000 in legal costs defending itself, Froese and the densely packed housing lots nearby said. The Metro court amounted to urban costs also come from development. Metro said taxpayers, including the development was those in Langley, he not in keeping with the “There’s nothing noted. regional context statement to settle, we won. The case is not likely signed in 1998. The Township argued The judge was very to come before a judge until late this year, or that it had the right to do clear.” possibly early in 2015, its own land planning. Mayor Jack Froese, Froese said. In March, Justice Neena Langley Township As of yet, he said Sharma dismissed Metro’s there is no injunction, petition, clearing the so if TWU or the Wall way for the University family want to begin District and Wall property developing or making plans for their land, development to move forward. Approvals for the Wall development had already come from there is nothing to stop them now, Froese said. the Agricultural Land Commission. Metro Vancouver had no official response, Now the plan is going back to the B.C. except to note that the board of directors disCourt of Appeal, something Froese said will agreed with the ruling. be a waste of taxpayer money.