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by Matthew Claxton and Heather Colpitts mclaxton@langleyadvance.com
A sudden spring storm brought trees down across Langley and left many people in the dark City of Langley Parks Wednesday night and Department employee Thursday morning. Leah Miller checked out The most serious a Norway maple tree incident took place at torn apart by wind. The about 4:20 p.m. on tree at Douglas Park, Wednesday, when estimated to be 20-25 a tree crashed into years old, was damaged a cube van heading to a point where it will east on Highway One have to be removed. near 264th Street. Troy Landreville/Langley Advance The tree sliced through the van, splitting it almost in half, said assistant Township fire chief Bruce Ferguson. Hydro crews to arrive. One report was of a tree on a boulevard on Fortunately, the driver was not hurt, and City firefighters had less work to do, 51B Avenue and 207th Street leaning on a the incident did not cause any other accireported deputy chief Pete Methot. hedge and blocking a crosswalk. dents. Fire crews helped clean up the mess, “We got off pretty lucky, I’d The Langley Advance which caused some traffic chaos during rush received a report of a say,” Methot said. hour. “We responded deciduous tree in Douglas In both municipalities, works The storm kept emergency responders Park near the James Place crews spent the next day cleaning busy. to 17 calls that condos that snapped and up downed trees across roads and “We responded to 17 calls that resulted resulted from forwarded that information in parks. from the wind,” said Ferguson. the wind.” to the City. Len Walters, the City’s parks That included a number of live power lines According to BC Hydro, manager, said they had minimal down, and alarms ringing as power came Bruce Ferguson power was down in parts of reports of damage. back on in some areas. almost every neighbourhood, While there was lots of debris In one incident, firefighters had to sit and with wooded and rural areas and many branches downed durwait for hours in the 1900 block of 248th such as Fort Langley and the Salmon River ing the several hours of the wind storm, Street, babysitting some downed live power uplands apparently hit the worst. crews only had a couple sites to assess. lines while waiting for over-stretched BC
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ParkLane is again hoping to see its plans for Bedford Landing changed. by Matthew Claxton mclaxton@langleyadvance.com
Rowers are not happy about the latest development in Bedford Landing proposed
by builder ParkLane, and Township councillors also expressed mixed feelings. A plan for more than 70 units of housing, including condo apartments and some townhouses, passed first and second readings. However, rowers questioned whether the project will limit their access to the river. The proposed housing also
replaces a hotel and commercial space originally proposed for that part of the former mill site. Former competitive rower Cheryl Mason questioned whether the location of the apartments would make it harder for rowers to use their facilities. “I am concerned that the revised ParkLane proposal to build two four-storey apartment
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buildings in the remaining space will seriously jeopardize the usability of the site for the rowing facility,” Mason said. She noted that rowing shells can be 27 to 58 feet long, and that space is also needed for the trailers that haul them. Mason worried the buildings will take up too much room in front of the water.
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