The City of Langford has reportedly awarded contracts for underground servicing and other work on the interchange, totally $1.7 million. Speaking to CFAX, Mayor Young said:
“And I’ve got to say it’s…Langford actually has had some great housing starts, and people seem to be kind of putting the recession behind them a little bit out here, so, we’re confident we can go ahead, and we’re working with the developers that are paying for this of course.”
Stew Young re-iterated what City Hall staff have said in recent months, that there is no particular rush to finish the project, and that it might take 6 months to a year before these servicing jobs are complete.
There is no word yet on whether this latest round of construction is being done by digging deeper into the $9.95 million the Langford Council authorised the City to borrow on behalf of local developers, or whether the developers have begun to repay their share. The Bear Mountain-related developers had missed a mid-year repayment to the City of Langford last year, and were granted an extension to the end of 2009. Since then, little has been heard about what the current status of the matter is, other than this statement today that they are “working with” them.
