Council Considers Hart Highlands Sewer Extension
100 properties will be impacted by the sewer extension bylaw map courtesy City of PG
Prince George, BC – Prince George City Councillors will give first three readings to two bylaws that would allow the installation of a $2.4-million dollar sanitary sewer main extension to 100 residents living in Hart Highlands.
In December, 61-percent of affected homeowners petitioned the city for the sewer extension under what's referred to as a Local Area Service (LAS). Tonight, Councillors will vote on the LAS bylaw for residents living along Berwick Drive, Dundee Drive, Wallace Crescent, Wallace Place, and a portion of Langley Crescent, along with a LAS loan authorization bylaw.
In a report to council, Superintendent of Operations, Bill Gaal, notes the affected property owners will be responsible for 100-percent of the costs of installing the sewer mains and the connection from the main to their property lines.
However, Gaal says initial funding for construction will come from the City's Sanitary Sewer Reserve. He says, once the installation is complete, property owners will have the option to pay their share in full as a one time payment, or as a loan. "A loan of the remaining amount will be taken out by the City, with the remaining owners paying the debt through a parcel tax levy. The improvements under the LAS will be amortized over a 20-year period." Property owners will have the option of repaying the loan in its entirety, at any time during the amortization period.
The loan authorization bylaw would allow the City to borrow a maximum of $2.4-million dollars.
Comments
Great, more infrastructure they won’t be able to afford to look after.
I doubt any of us have to worry about looking after sanitary sewers installed in the next year or so for some time.
The people living there petitioned for it, know that they have to pay for it and does not involve a general tax increase.
The travesty here is that the work was not done when the subdivision was originally developed.
The problem is this – when the city folks decided to vote everyone living north of the city to join the city of PG – all residents were assured that sewer would be installed – way back in the 80’s; had the city done its job at that time the problem would not exist today. Gus – there were no sewer connections when Hart Highlands became a subdivision.
It was not just the north that was affected by amalgamation in 1975. The Haldi rd folks were assured that city water and sewer would come to them also. The city received 5 million dollars from the provincial government to honour these promises when amalgamation occurred. Where did this money go?
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