Mount Work Regional News Today

Island Health is warning the public about a blue-green algae bloom at Durrance Lake in Mount Work Regional Park.

Capital Regional District warning of a blue-green algae bloom

The public is being asked to weigh in on how the Capital Regional District should handle the conservation, development and use of Mount Work Regional Park. The CRD developed a draft management plan following public engagement in 2020.

  VICTORIA -- A regional park in Greater Victoria that’s popular with hikers and mountain bikers is slated to grow by just under 14 hectares. The Capital Regional District announced Monday it has acquired two parcels of land that it will add to Mount Work Regional Park. The 13.8 hectares of land is mainly second-growth Douglas fir forest with a mix of arbutus, oak and dense vegetation, according to the CRD. The land previously belonged to Waultraut Schnarr, who decided to part with it i...

“You don’t make such change to our parks without consulting our public.” He said parking rates of $2.25 per day or $20 per season will climb to “punitive” rates of $7 a day and $60 a season by 2023 under the system presented to the committee. Screech said the current rates are affordable. “And possibly I can get behind that sort of an amount, but when you look at $7, in two years, for a family to go to Thetis or any number of the parks for $60 a season, that’s a whole different...