CITY SEEKS TO RALLY PIPELINE OPPOSITION
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MOVED BY A KOREAN VACATION
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ICBC AIMS TO RAISE BASIC RATES 5.2%
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AUGUST 29 2014 www.burnabynewsleader.com
A new work of art crystallizes in Burnaby Heights as the neighbourhood gets its ninth mural in 18 years. See Page A3
Southgate plan to go to public hearing Mario Bartel
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A biologist prepares to place minnow traps into Stoney Creek at Eastlake Park as Kinder Morgan begins surveying work for its Trans Mountain pipeline project on Wednesday.
Pipeline surveying work begins Path along mountain must be cleared for seismic testing Mario Bartel
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Kinder Morgan began its surveying work at Burnaby Mountain on Wednesday, only days after the National Energy Board ruled the company didn’t need permission from the City of Burnaby to access city land. A team of three fisheries
biologists wearing hip waders expanded Trans Mountain pipeline scurried along the banks of Stoney to the Westridge terminal through Creek in Eastlake Park taking Burnaby Mountain. measurements and Carey logging flora. Johannesson, the They also placed pipeline project’s Carey Johannesson small traps into lead for land and When you do a project of the water to take a this nature, you know there’s right-of-way, census of minnows going to be all kinds of said geotechnical and other creatures different opinions.... surveying would living in the creek. begin Thursday. The surveying work is being That involves clearing a path done to support the company’s along the route the pipeline will application to the NEB to run its pass through Burnaby Mountain
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so seismic lines can be placed for geologists. Crews will also have to drill into the mountain from two locations. One drill rig will be mounted on a truck while another will have to be constructed on the mountainside, another bone of contention with the city, which needs to issue permits for that construction to proceed. A helicopter staging area would also have to be built on city land. Please see SURVEY WORK, A3
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The master plan for the proposed new Southgate community will go to a public hearing on Sept. 30. The community is to be built on a 48-acre site that used to be a Safeway distribution centre, an area bounded by 15th and 18th streets, between 11th and 14th avenues in Edmonds. The development vision is to build different forms of housing, including up to 20 towers ranging from 19 to 46 storeys. The plan also includes a five-acre park that will be owned and operated by the city. Coun. Nick Volkow, who drove truck out of the distribution centre for 38 years, said he’s excited about the future development of the site. “I know the history of that site when it was vacant land in 1957,” said Volkow. “It’s an exciting time for the southeast corner of Burnaby.” In a preliminary concept plan by architects IBI Group and PWL Partnership presented at an open house in June, the site will be transformed into five complete neighbourhoods clustered around the central park, which also includes a 20,000 square-foot community building. Please see PROJECT, A10