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Blaze levels mushroom barn No one was hurt in a fouralarm blaze on 256th Street. by Matthew Claxton mclaxton@langleyadvance.com
A sizeable mushroom barn was destroyed by fire early Thursday morning in rural Langley Township. At about 3:45 a.m. firefighters were alerted that the barn, located close to 256th Street and 64th Avenue, was ablaze. The first firefighters on the scene immediately called for backup to keep the fire from spreading to two houses on the property, said District Chief Russ Jenkins. In all, four firehalls and 25 firefighters spent the early morning hours extinguishing the fire. “It was a defensive attack right from the start,” Jenkins said. There was no chance to save the main barn, which was reduced to a smoking pile of rubble by dawn. Firefighters spent hours putting out spot fires, and were hoping to begin an investigation into the cause by mid-day Thursday. There were several people living in the homes on the land, but everyone was accounted for. No people or animals were thought to be in the barn. As of press time, it was too early to suggest a possible cause for the fire, Jenkins said.
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Emotion was evident on the face of a man as he surveyed the ruins of a mushroom barn destroyed by fire Thursday morning.
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Deal promises to save taxpayers money A housing project, to be completed in 10 years, will result in new features in Willoughby, including a wider 208th Street.
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Langley Township and Quadra Homes have come up with a land deal that saves taxpayers money and provides amenities sooner than normal around the 1,600 unit strata complex being built in Willoughby. Quadra has started building on land between 208th and about 206th Streets from about 82nd Avenue to 84th Avenue. Quadra started acquiring land in 2007 and started working with the Township on planning. They’ve submitted the paperwork to the province that would see Quadra provide 10 acres (five for parks and five for a school) to the Township for about one quarter of market value. “We fronted the money for the purchase of the school and park site, and we will be reimbursed over time by the Township as we build our project,” explained Quadra vice president Shawn Bouchard. He said the deal also means the community will get a rebuilt 208th Street beside the project and sidewalks sooner rather than
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later. Typically road finishing touches and committed to building retention ponds. All sidewalks are left until after a development runoff from the development and park will is completed. The sidewalk work will cost go to that area where materials can settle out about $600,000, alone. before the water goes into the creek. This project is expected to take about 10 Township director of community developyears to full completion, done in ment Ramin Seifi said the phases. The project, initially called Township’s general concept for Walnut Ridge, is now Yorkson the land shows the school adjacent Creek. It will consist of 151 townto the park amenities so there can houses, three heritage homes and be joint-use benefits. 1,474 condos, all strata. That 60 acres was originally The developer decided not to slated for residential development wait, adding some amenities now but Seifi said the Township came for public safety, and so they are to realize that population projecin place when buyers move into tions for the area were over actual the development. growth and parkland was needed “We’re very concerned about livin the area. The density from that Shawn Bouchard ability,” he said. land was transferred to Quadra as developer Quadra is also building a path part of this land agreement. through the public parklands. Though the provincial governIn this deal, the Township has the five ment has announced a new school for acres from the Quadra development as well Willoughby, there’s no guarantee it would as another 50 acres to create a community go on the five acres. park which will parallel Yorkson Creek to “It’s not transferred to the school district about 206th Street. until such time as they have the money to pay us for it,” he explained. On the northwest corner, Quadra has