Tag Archives: Infrastructure
Concrete barriers, safer crossings coming to major Island Hwy. intersections
NANAIMO - It's hoped $4 million worth of improvements will make a busy stretch of the Island Hwy. much safer. Work will begin after the Canada Day weekend to replace concrete barriers at two key inter...
Jun 28, 2019 The intersection of Oliver Rd. and the Island Hwy, along with Rutherford Rd. and the Island Hwy., will receive concrete barrier and pedestrian island work throughout the summer. (Google Earth)
Suddenly-pulled funding latest setback for Nanaimo to Vancouver fast ferry
NANAIMO - Another summer will come and go without an often-promised fast ferry from Nanaimo to Vancouver. "If this was easy, somebody else would have done it," David Marshall with Island Ferries Servi...
Jun 25, 2019 Dropping this model of a Nanaimo to Vancouver fast ferry into the water would be the closest the project has come to launching over the last five years. (Island Ferries Services)
'It was badly needed:' new North Oyster fire hall opens
NANAIMO - Years of planning and waiting has paid off for North Oyster Volunteer Fire Department crews, who finally have a newly expanded fire hall.The new four-bay Yellow Point Rd. hall officially ope...
Jun 22, 2019 The North Oyster Volunteer Fire Department's new hall features four bays and many other amenities. (Florian Schulz)
Service providers will be consulted in design of new Nanaimo Correctional Centre
NANAIMO - BC Corrections has vowed service providers at the Nanaimo Correctional Centre will be consulted as the province follows through on a nearly $160 million commitment to replace the aging jail....
Jun 21, 2019 BC Corrections said impacted on-site service providers, including the John Howard Society, will be consulted as design plans for the new Nanaimo Correctional Centre are formed. (Ian Holmes/NanaimoNewsNOW)
Renovations, overpass are main options to fix Cathedral Grove parking
NANAIMO - The public now has a firmer grasp on what's on the table to fix congestion and traffic woes at Cathedral Grove. An open house in Parksville on Wednesday, June 19 presented several options af...
Jun 20, 2019 Parking spaces along both sides of Hwy. 4 at Cathedral Grove are consistently overflowing and crowded. (Google Earth)
New parking lot opens to ease Mt. Benson congestion
NANAIMO - More than 100 new parking spaces are now open to accomodate the staggering number of hikers climbing Mt. Benson. The parking lot, first announced in 2017, opened on Wednesday. The lot is bui...
Jun 19, 2019 Even in the depths of winter, the off-season for hiking Mt. Benson, parking spaces are limited. (Ian Holmes/NanaimoNewsNOW)
Deadline for cabinet to decide future of Trans Mountain expansion is today
OTTAWA - The federal government is widely expected to green light the Trans Mountain expansion project a second time today but, even with a Yes vote, construction is likely weeks, if not months a...
Jun 18, 2019
Nanaimo to Lower Mainland ferry schedule shifts for summer season
NANAIMO - More options will be available for travellers both to and from Vancouver Island this summer. BC Ferries announced their summer schedule on Monday, June 17 to accomodate the expected influx o...
Jun 17, 2019 A third vessel will join the Departure Bay to Horseshoe Bay route this summer. (Canadian Press)
Failed marijuana oil extraction caused fire, huge explosion: Parksville Fire Dept.
PARKSVILLE - An attempt to extract marijuana oil was behind a large explosion and fire at River Green Resort in Parksville.Assistant chief Steven Leidl with the Parksville Volunteer Fire Department sa...
Jun 14, 2019 Fire investigators ruled this volatile blaze was caused by a fuel source used to extract cannabis oil at a cabin in River Green Resort in Parksvlle on June 13, 2019. (Submitted photo)
City to evaluate Hammond Bay Rd. safety concerns after teen tragically killed
NANAIMO - While the death of a teenage pedestrian highlights safety concerns on Hammond Bay Rd., the City says a wait and see approach is required.Eric Shim, 17, died in mid-March several days after h...
Jun 11, 2019 A makeshift memorial placed shortly after the death of Eric Shim, who was hit by a vehicle while using a Hammond Bay Rd. crosswalk on March 6, 2019. (Ian Holmes/NanaimoNewsNOW)