Tag Archives: Infrastructure
Metral Dr. set for ambitious overhaul, providing better access for cyclists
NANAIMO - Detailed designs are being nailed down to improve the safety and flow of all road users on a busy north Nanaimo road.The City is embarking on an $11.3 million project to upgrade Metral Dr. b...
Feb 04, 2020 The entire stretch of Metral Dr. will be vastly overhauled over the next two years, featuring sidewalks and bike lanes on both sides of the busy road. (City of Nanaimo)
RDN examines overhauling public transit loop behind Woodgrove Centre
NANAIMO - Upgrades to the increasingly busy public transit exchange behind Woodgrove Centre are being considered. The Regional District of Nanaimo (RDN) board approved going ahead with a study to iden...
Jan 29, 2020 Buses are constantly coming and going at the north Nanaimo transit exchange at Woodgrove Centre. The five shelter bus loop sees more than 1,000 daily riders. (Ian Holmes/NanaimoNewsNOW)
Construction officially underway on long-promised downtown Nanaimo hotel
NANAIMO - A major milestone finally happened in the journey of bringing a hotel to the conference centre in downtown Nanaimo. A groundbreaking ceremony was held Wednesday, Jan. 29 at the site of the $...
Jan 29, 2020 The groundbreaking ceremony for the $23-million Marriott hotel downtown took place on Jan. 29. (Spencer Sterritt)
VIDEO: Van goes up in flames on Bowen Rd. on busy morning for Nanaimo firefighters
NANAIMO - A man escaped injury after his transport van caught fire on Bowen Rd.Nanaimo Fire Rescue assistant chief Geoff Whitting said their crews responded to the 1800 block of Bowen Rd. near Townsit...
Jan 28, 2020 A transport van was consumed by flames after its driver noticed smoke during the morning commute on Tuesday, Jan 28. (Amy Pye)
Crews provide travel window for Hwy. 4 travellers after rockslide closes road
PORT ALBERNI - Crews continue to work to clear a damaging rock slide from Hwy. 4 that has cut off Vancouver Island's rural west coast ports of Tofino and Ucluelet from the rest of the Island.A Ministr...
Jan 23, 2020 Hwy. 4 at Kennedy Lake is closed in both directions as crews clear large amounts of rock debris from the only road link between Ucluelet/Tofino and the rest of Vancouver Island. (MOTI)
Concerned citizens slam affordable housing proposal near prized Englishman River estuary
PARKSVILLE - A proposed affordable housing development near Parksville's Englishman River estuary drew the ire of many during an emotionally charged public hearing.Parksville city council chambers wer...
Jan 21, 2020 A public hearing at Parksville City Hall heard overwhelming opposition to an affordable housing project proposed on undeveloped, City-owned land near the estuary. (Karen Barry)
City of Nanaimo crews attack snow-packed drains to ease flood threat
NANAIMO - Warming temperatures following a week-long deep freeze with heavy snowfall has City of Nanaimo crews busy clearing storm drains to prevent flooding.Wayne Roulston, the City's general foreman...
Jan 17, 2020 Michael Olson (left) and Jag Sekhon clear one of several Rock City Rd. storm drains Friday, January 17. (Ian Holmes/NanaimoNewsNOW)
Crews to demolish historic 104-year-old Extension School south of Nanaimo
NANAIMO - Construction fences and crews removing items from a rural Nanaimo school is bringing up nearly a century's worth of vivid memories in past students. Extension School on Ryder Rd. off Extensi...
Jan 07, 2020 A disposal bin outside Extension School is collecting items from the historic school before it's torn down (Ian Holmes/NanaimoNewsNOW)
Human, mechanical errors kill hundreds of trout at VIU's Nanaimo campus
NANAIMO - A series of errors at a VIU facility led to the deaths of nearly 400 fish.A cascading series of human and mechanical errors happened in the external trout facility at VIU's Nanaimo campus on...
Jan 07, 2020 Nearly 400 trout died at Vancouver Island University's Nanaimo campus after a series of mechanical and human errors. (File photo)
Large sewage treatment upgrade in Nanaimo nears completion
NANAIMO -The largest capital project in the Regional District of Nanaimo's history has hit the home stretch, but area residents are warned of a few more growing pains.The $82-million project to add se...
Dec 11, 2019 A large-scale project to improve sewage treatment in Nanaimo is nearing completion. The $82-million initiative serves the City of Nanaimo, Snuneymuxw First Nation and portions of Lantzville (RDN)