Wednesday, January 11, 2012

West Quesnel Land Stability newsletter delivered...

Courtesy of the City of Quesnel:

By now, most City of Quesnel residents and businesses should have received a special edition of the Q-City News. The West Quesnel Land Stability newsletter details the plans for the upcoming year, and provides a brief look at the progress to date and some next steps.

The full-scale dewatering program, designed to help reduce land movement in the West Quesnel Land Stability study area, is scheduled to begin in the spring of 2012. The $4.7 million project will see the installation of 14 pumping wells, nine horizontal drain sites consisting of more than 70 drains, and storm water system improvements for West Quesnel and area residents.

"Our residents deserve to know how this project is going. We're committed as a City Council to keeping them informed," said Quesnel Mayor Mary Sjostrom. "I encourage people to read the newsletter or visit our West Quesnel Land Stability website to learn more about the work we're doing."

The City will host a public information session in the late winter; details about this meeting will be announced soon. More information about the West Quesnel Land Stability Program, as well as a digital version of the most recent newsletter, can be found at www.quesnel.ca/WQLS.html More than $3.1 million was provided by the Government of Canada and the Province of British Columbia, through the Building Canada Fund-Communities Component program, part of Canada's Economic Action Plan for this project.

The City of Quesnel also contributed more than $1.5 million to pay for the full-scale dewatering program. In addition to the federal and provincial contributions, the City of Quesnel has invested more than $2.1 million on the West Quesnel Land Stability Program since 2000.

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