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LINKS TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT
3L Developments is back, and again asking to amend the Regional Growth Strategy
3L Developments Ltd. has returned to the Comox Valley Regional District to ask the Electoral Services Committee to push an RGS amendment on its behalf to the full board. That would clear the way for a new version of Riverwood
CVRD commission takes “historic” step toward Comox Valley-wide wastewater system
The Courtenay-Comox Sewage Commission has taken the first step toward a Comox Valley-wide sewerage system by agreeing to receive and treat wastewater from the fast-growing Royston and Union Bay portions of Electoral Area A.
New Courtenay-Comox sewage master plan process to restart after virus lockdown delays
Delayed by this spring’s COVID-19 virus lockdown, public consultation on the region’s new Liquid Waste Management Plan will begin later this summer
Curtis Road residents threaten legal action over sewage commission failure on odour issues
Rural Comox Valley residents have threatened legal action against the Courtenay-Comox Sewage Commission over noxious odours emanating from the treatment plant near their homes on Curtis Road
Good Neighbor Agreement could help resolve sewage plant problems
Curtis Road residents have tried protests and lawsuits to eliminate the problem of noxious odours from the Courtenay-Comox sewage treatment plant. Now, they’re trying a collaborative Good Neighbor Agreement
Major changes coming to Courtenay-Comox sewage commission
The Courtenay-Comox Sewage Commission approved five staff recommendations this week that may result in major changes to the utilities’ governance
Cumberland gets $7 million infrastructure funding for wastewater treatment
Work will begin soon on Cumberland’s new wastewater treatment system after the Village received a $7 million grant from federal and provincial governments
Comox Valley sewage issue pushed, Arnott comments called “out to lunch”
The Courtenay-Comox Sewage Commission declined to take another vote this week on adding Area B representation, which left Curtis Road residents and others frustrated
Supreme Court rules in favor of CVRD in 3L Developments lawsuit
The BC Supreme Court has decided in favor of the Comox Valley Regional District in a lawsuit brought by 3L Developments over amending the Regional Growth Strategy
Comox manipulates sewage commission vote, residents cry foul on ‘repugnant’ tactic
In a move one observer called “repugnant,” Comox Councillor Ken Grant and Comox Mayor Russ Arnott moved a motion at the regional sewer commission Tuesday that they intended to vote against
CVRD assures Curtis Road residents, who seek BC intervention
Letters are flying between the “fed up” Curtis Road residents and the Comox Valley Regional District over odour, drinking water wells and other issues emanating from the Brent Road sewage treatment plant
Cumberland mayor to shine light on bullying in local politics, nonprofits
How to recognize and deal with bullying in Comox Valley politics and nonprofits is the subject of a workshop organized by Cumberland Mayor Leslie Baird
Mistrust still evident between residents, sewage commission
Plagued by the odours of sewage from Courtenay and Comox residents for 34 years, the residents of Curtis Road returned to the regional sewage commission this week hoping for resolutions to their concerns, which they say now includes a threat to their drinking water wells and a visual blight on their neighborhood
“Stinking” sewage plant wafts back onto CVRD agenda
The Curtis Road Residents Association will press the Courtenay-Comox Sewage Commission again next week, this time on policy issues related to their decades-long battle to eliminate unpleasant odours from the system’s sewage treatment plant
Rural Comox Valley zoning bylaw “more permissive”
The Comox Valley Regional District is rolling out an updated zoning bylaw this month for rural areas A, B and C that encourages home-based business, agriculture and sustainable energy
Area B residents want voice on regional Sewage Commission
Another group of rural Comox residents have asked for representation on the Comox Valley Sewage Commission; Ken Grant calls out former Area B director for not factual statements
Rural Comox residents want less odour, more compensation
Curtis Road residents have asked the Courtenay-Comox Sewer Commission to reassess its plan for future odour controls and the need for a second equalization basin. They also want Host Community Compensation
Three new sewage conveyance routes short-listed for study by joint advisory committee
Less than a year after the Comox-Courtenay Sewer Commission abandoned its patchwork plan to prevent leakage from large pipes that run through the K’omoks estuary and along Point Holmes beaches, a new, comprehensive Liquid Waste Management Plan is emerging that considers climate change and moves the entire conveyance system onto an overland route.