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Friday - Dec. 13, 2024 - Langley Township smooths its speed hump process
Grace Kennedy
December 13, 2024
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Good morning!
Here’s one more book(ish) recommendation: Spotify now has certain audiobooks available to subscribers and Simon Rich’s new collection of short, very-funny stories (called Glory Days) is among those you can listen to. The first story (called History Project) revolves around a student writing a history paper who asks his grandfather how he met his wife—the catch is that the two are talking 50 or so years from now on “new earth” and that grandpa grew up in the early 2000s on “old earth” at a time when finding a paramour required actually meeting them in person. It’s a hilarious listen while cooking dinner.
– Tyler
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House prices continue to inch upward
The fall of 2024 has seen home prices tick upwards across the Fraser Valley—though only marginally. Across the region, home values remain largely unchanged from a year ago, with prices still bouncing around even as more homes hit the market and are sold.
For our ongoing (and evolving) monthly look at the Fraser Valley’s housing market, we’ve compiled 13 different custom charts to give readers a sense of prices in four different communities and among three different home types. At the bottom of the story, we’ve added a new segment: a listing of the most-expensive home for sale we could find in each community.
If you want the raw data you can find it here: Fraser Valley Real Estate Board | Chilliwack and District Real Estate Board.
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🚌 An Aldergrove electric bus company owes nearly $70 million to its lenders [Langley Advance Times]
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Your Council in the Community | December 2024 update
The Abbotsford Mayor and Council are actively involved in our community and they represent the City at local events, openings, tours, and meetings with senior levels of government and other stakeholders. As your elected representatives, Council also sets policy and governance direction for the growth and development of our community. View some of the important work being done by your Abbotsford City Council on this webpage, which includes Council Briefs, Blogs as well as photos of Council out and about in our city!
The Agenda
Langley Township has made it easier to petition for speed humps in their neighbourhoods. 📷 Apustus/Shutterstock
Langley Township lowers barriers to traffic-calming petitions
Langley Township is making it easier for local residents to petition the municipality for speed humps and other traffic calming changes in their neighbourhoods.
The municipality will also now allow traffic calming efforts on larger roads used by commuters.
Council had asked staff in June to consider amendments to the township’s traffic calming policy and the consultation process that can dictate whether a project proceeds or not.
The township had previously required that any requested calming project have the support of 67% of local residents. Staff suggested, and council approved at a December meeting, that the threshold be lowered to 60% of residents. The new policy also now allows some forms of “low impact” traffic-calming measures on major roads, and will allow traffic circles and raised crosswalks on collector roads where they had previously been forbidden.
Council also voted to allow staff to initiate traffic-calming for an entire neighbourhood, with priority given to areas experiencing the most negative effects of speeding and which currently lack traffic calming infrastructure.
The discussion on the issue also saw another squabble between Township Mayor Eric Woodward and his ostensible Contract With Langley ally Barb Martens. The two previously clashed in June over the availability of a report on the city’s contract with the RCMP. They sparred again at the December meeting that discussed the calming policy, with Martens asking to see specific wording about a suggested amendment and Woodward brusquely telling her that the information was already available and that she “had all weekend” to consider the matter.
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🗓 Things to do
Candlelight Coldplay: The Chilliwack Cultural Centre hosts a candlelight concert featuring songs by Coldplay and Imagine Dragons on Saturday, Dec. 14. Details and tickets online.
Community Christmas concert: Abbotsford Community Music School presents its 40th annual Christmas concert on Saturday, Dec. 14 at 6:30pm in Emmanuel Mennonite Church. Admission is free, details online.
Museum party: The Mission Museum hosts a Merry Little Christmas Party on Saturday, from 1 to 2pm and then again from 3 to 4pm. Parents can relax in a cozy and festive space while young children enjoy a Christmas story time, historic scavenger hunt, and hot chocolate. Tickets are $10. Details online.
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