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B.C. announces new clean energy building rebates
Posted September 18, 2024 7:38 am. A new program aimed at supporting people and communities to make the switch to clean energy and save on their energy bills was announced by the B.C. government Tuesday. Minister of Energy, Mines, and Low Carbon Innovation Josie Osborne explained the ministry is launching the Clean BC Multi-Unit Residential Building Retrofit Program in partnership with BC Hydro. She says this program will provide rebates and energy coaching to business owners, strata councils, and equity co-op boards to undertake whole-building retrofits. “This includes everything from heat pumps to LED lighting, electrical upgrades, to better windows and ventilation,” she said. “Rebate amounts will depend on what retrofits and upgrades the building requires.” Osborne says one example could be that a building is switching from fossil fuel heating to electric heat pumps and may then receive $3,000 per heat pump installed. The minister says retrofitting buildings to make them cleaner is complex, and this program provides one-on-one advice and energy coaching to support building owners and managers in navigating the process. The ministry expects that a typical 65-unit building could save as much as $16,250 per year, or $250 per year per suite, after switching from central gas heating to in-suite heat pumps. “Making smart choices about how we use clean electricity has been core to our business for over 35 years,” said Chris O’Riley, president and CEO of BC Hydro. “Energy-efficiency programs defer the need for additional capital infrastructure, helping to keep rates affordable and offer additional flexibility to our electricity system. But equally important, programs like this one and the many others we offer provide our customers with the opportunity to save energy and money.”
Vancouver Empty Homes Tax
Targeting both the approximately 10,000 year-round empty and 10,000 under-occupied homes in Vancouver, homes which are unoccupied for six full months of the year or more, will be subject to the 1% Empty Homes Tax (the “EHT”) imposed by Vancouver’s new Vacancy Tax By-Law No. 11674 (the “By-law”). Homes that are determined or deemed to be vacant…
Vancouver to get new dedicated bus lanes on these key routes
HOME BUYERS – To get the best exclusive listings visit www.vreg.ca and go to “EXCLUSIVE DEALS” Vancouver will move forward with plans to implement dedicated bus lanes on key corridors in the city. Vancouver City Council unanimously passed a motion on Wednesday, July 24 to add dedicated bus lanes on eight priority corridors over the next…
Homebuyers Should You Make a Subject Free Offer?
Sellers Knowing what your home is worth at the present market. Sign up for a Market Snapshot to see similar homes listed, recently sold, and expired in your neighborhood www.activeandsold.com Buyers Create your own Personal MLS Listings Search, the same system that is available to Realtors. Visit www.yourownmls.ca Homebuyers Should You Make a Subject Free Offer Buyers…
B.C. commits $2.65 billion for Hwy 1 widening project between Langley and Abbotsford
The project was originally slated to be completed by 2026 Published Aug 14, 2024 • 2 minute read The Trans-Canada widening project — a 2020 NDP campaign promise — has been delayed, much to the frustration of commuters often stuck in traffic jams and businesses clamouring for an improved corridor for the estimated $65 million of goods transported every year. Photo by Francis Georgian /PNG The B.C. government has announced $2.65 billion in funding to widen and improve Highway 1 in the Fraser Valley in order to reduce traffic congestion and cut commute times between Langley and Abbotsford. The Trans-Canada widening project — a 2020 NDP campaign promise — has been delayed, much to the frustration of commuters often stuck in traffic jams and businesses clamouring for an improved corridor for the estimated $65 million of goods transported every year. Most of Abbotsford will be served by the widened freeway. 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He said flooding at the Sumas Prairie in 2021, global inflation, and the increase in volume on the highway has made the project challenging. “I feel the frustration of everybody who sits in traffic who wants to get this road open as quickly as possible,” he said Wednesday. “That’s what I want too.” He said the expanded and improved highway will help residents of the fast-growing Fraser Valley region by cutting commutes by car and transit, and help improve the shipment of goods. The widening project spans 21 kilometres of Hwy. 1 between the 264th Street interchange and Highway 11, or the Sumas Way exit, in Abbotsford. It has been broken up into two sections. Last fall, the province announced $2.34 billion in funding for upgrades for the first section, the 13-kilometre stretch between 264th Street and Mount Lehman Road in Abbotsford. Construction will start this year and is expected to be completed in 2029. The announcement commits the province to funding the remaining eight-kilometre stretch from Mount Lehman Road to Highway 11. The ministry said procurement for this stage will begin in 2025, with construction starting the year after and completion slated for 2031. Article content The project will be expanded to include Whatcom Road in Abbotsford through the Sumas Prairie toward Chilliwack. The province has not announced funding or a start or completion date for this phase. In addition to widening the highway, the government plans to rebuild overpasses at Peardonville Road, Bradner Road, and the CPKC rail overhead to improve height clearance for commercial trucks, said the ministry. A new crossing at Glover Road has been completed. New interchanges will be built at 232nd and 264th streets in Langley and on Mount Lehman Road and Highway 11 in Abbotsford as part of the project. These interchanges will include HOV lanes and bus-on-shoulder lanes. More than 80,000 drivers use the highway between Langley and Abbotsford and through the Sumas Prairie to Chilliwack daily, says the ministry. Recommended from Editorial Vaughn Palmer: NDP ditch election promise on Hwy. 1 widening Fraser Valley business groups to province: Speed up highway widening Bookmark our website and support our journalism: Don’t miss the news you need to know — add VancouverSun.com and TheProvince.com to your bookmarks and sign up for our newsletters here. You can also support our journalism by becoming a digital subscriber: For just $14 a month, you can get unlimited access to The Vancouver Sun, The Province, National Post and 13 other Canadian news sites. Support us by subscribing today: The Vancouver Sun | The Province. Article content