The District of Sechelt and Lehigh Hanson Materials Limited have agreed in principle to an exchange of a property the District leases, located on upper Dusty Road, for a seven-acre property that the District would own, on the north side of Dusty Road.
This proposed exchange would allow Lehigh to assume the District lease (which currently is the site of a wastewater treatment plant) and mine the property.
Subject to regulatory approvals, Sechelt would use the new District-owned property to replace the existing septage receiving facility at the upper Dusty Road site. It would also provide the District with another option to locate a new public works building. In this situation, the District could then consider selling the remaining two lots that it owns on Lot L.
The exchange is subject to the approval of the province, and will include consultation with the Sechelt Indian Band.
The upper Dusty Road wastewater treatment plant will be decommissioned in early 2015 after the Sechelt Water Resource Centre is commissioned. The District intends to relocate the septage receiving station to the property it would acquire. This would eliminate the need for Sechelt to renegotiate the upper Dusty Road lease, which is in effect until Sept. 1, 2031.
“The exchange would provide Sechelt with land that we own and on which we can construct infrastructure improvements that will serve our residents for many years to come. The location of this land is ideal for septage receiving. Also, it is in an area already used for industrial activity and waste collection, with no residential properties nearby,” said Mayor John Henderson in a news release issued Nov. 13.
