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City updates Burke Village Park plans
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Cyclists like Colleen MacDonald and Leon Lebrun are having an easier time navigating their way through the səmiq̓ʷəʔelə/Riverview with the installation of new bike route signage to help create a link between existing paths in Coquitlam Central and Colony Farm Regional Park. See the story on Page 17.
Designs for a new park in the centre of the future Burke Mountain Village are being revised. And the update for Burke Village Park includes plans to relocate a watercourse through it. On Monday (April 17), city managers highlighted the changes to the park concept since council adopted the village master plan in 2017, and new roads such as David Avenue, Burke Village Promenade and Mitchell Street recently went in around the village core. Once built out, the park will be located in the middle of the 39-acre village site — with retail and housing on its western side and the 80,000-sq. ft. Northeast Community Centre to its east. In his presentation to council-
in-committee, Ted Uhrich, Coquitlam’s acting manager of parks and facility planning, said three tributaries to Star Creek were culverted as Burke Village Promenade was being constructed. As a result, the eastern tributary will be rebuilt in its existing alignment; however, the two western tributaries will be joined together as one as an extended watercourse through the park site. Because of the time needed to secure provincial permits, staff are ramping up the park plans for the watercourse relocation and SPEA (Stream Protection and Enhancement Area). To speed it up, the city hired consultants to steer its bid through the regulatory channels. see IT’S GOING TO BE page 7
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