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Millions needed to repair PG stormwater system: Council report SHARE ON: File Photo: My PG Now staff Prince George’s stormwater system is in need of updating, a report to city council says, and it will take between $31-million to $125-million in order to do it. The report says stormwater management is becoming a higher priority because of a potent mix of more intense storms, aging infrastructure and development. As the community grows, there is potential for an increase in impervious surfaces like roads and buildings, explained Acting Deputy City Manager Ian Wells. This can lead to issues ...

Image Credit: Submitted/City of Kelowna March 06, 2021 - 8:00 PM With some trees in Kelowna being valued as high as $40,000 the city is looking at boosting fines for developers who kill them. “Any time construction activity compacts the soil above or around a tree or does any damage to the stem that ultimately results in mortality it is an infraction,” Tara Bergeson, an urban forestry technician with the city told iNFOnews.ca. Council will be asked Monday to increase the basic fine for killing a tree to $500 from $100. But, a serious offence can lead to a charge that ca...

HENDERSON — The City Council has enacted a tree-protection ordinance that instructs future developers to save up to 40% of the tree canopy on their property. Monday’s vote — unanimous among the seven council members present — replaced an ordinance that merely required developers to clean up after cutting down trees, planting over any bare spaces they don’t immediately put a building on. Passage of the new law “was long overdue,” Mayor Eddie Ellington said, adding that with the development taking place within the city’s jurisdiction he thinks “this ...

Road from Fishermen Chowrangi to Fishing Village inaugurated Karachi, January 05, 2021 (PPI-OT): Chairman PPP Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has said that the federal government has imposed a controversial census on Sindh but “I am surprised that the so-called owners of Karachi, MQM are sitting in the federal government which has launched anti-Karachi policies.” This he said while addressing the inauguration ceremony of 4.9 km Road from Fisherman Chowrangi to Ibrahim Hyderi organized at the Chowrangi on Tuesday. The ceremony was attended by Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah, Provincial min...

Planning applications for Watford, Three Rivers and Dacorum validated week commencing December 14 Planning applications submitted this week to Watford Borough Council, Three Rivers District Council and Dacorum Borough Council. Photo: Pixabay Amongst the plans validated this week are a retrospective application for an extension in Watford, a change of opening hours for The Gossamers on the Central Meriden Estate and an application to store hazardous substances in Rickmansworth. Also of note is a change of use from a bakery to include a cafe and takeaway in Abbots Langley High Street, six new...