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HAPPENING GUIDE Port Moody residents, find our winter recreation guide with this paper. Register for winter rec programs at
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Big pipe is planned to transport Coq. water $2.3B Metro project will mean a huge tunnel will be drilled Diane StranDberg dstrandberg@tricitynews.com
Four generations of the Berrow family have been involved in the Port Moody Legion. Second World War veteran Bill Berrow, 95, holds a photo of his dad, Albert, who was one of the Legion’s original builders, and he’s flanked by his daughter-in-law, Mary Lou Berrow, and her daughter, Shannon Berrow, who are current Legion members. For their story, see page 17. For more Remembrance Day coverage, see pages 16, 34 and 35. MARIO BARTEL/THE TRI-CITY NEWS
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Metro Vancouver’s Water Services plan for the next five years is calling for the construction of a tunnel to bring water from the Coquitlam Lake reservoir to the growing populations of the Tri-Cities, Surrey and points east. At a cost of $2.3 billion, the tunnel will be dug through rock, soil and gravel deep down at the south end of Coquitlam Lake, bringing fresh water to treatment facilities at the top of Pipeline Road, which will also be upgraded to handle the increased capacity. Planning for the project is part of the Metro Vancouver 2020 budget, approved by Metro mayors, that will add
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$33 a year to property taxes, throughout the region: $6 for water services, $14 for liquid waste, $4 for solid waste and $9 for regional district programs such as parks and affordable housing for a total of $568 for the average household assessed at $1.25 million. The Coquitlam Intake 2 tunnel and treatment facilities are part of Metro Vancouver’s long-range budget to 2024, and once in operation in the mid2030s, it will double Metro’s water storage capacity, according to Inder Singh, the director of policy planning and analysis division with Metro Vancouver water services. This is the second tunnel that supplies drinking water to the Tri-Cities, Surrey and eastern part of the region. The first was built at the turn of the century and was built to provide New Westminster with drinking water. see
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