Upgrade Of Richmond Road Water Main

Upgrading of the Richmond Road water main (on Richmond Road from Coronation Street to Leighton Road) will commence Tuesday March 12 and is expected to take approximately 3 month to complete. Notification to residents who will be affected by the project has been circulated. 

Crews will be on site weekdays from 9am - 3pm, as well as on the occasional evening and Saturday, in order to minimize the impact on surrounding businesses.  It will be single lane alternating traffic for most of the project work.

If there are any questions or concerns residents can contact Paul Marnaik in the Engineering and Public Works Department at 250.361.0507.

Great News !!! - Saanich OKs $5.5M-Deal For Park Edging Royal Jubilee Hospital

“Saanich councillors have agreed to pay $5.5 million for 5.5 acres bordering Royal Jubilee Hospital, with the aim of turning the property into a park.

Councillors agreed on Tuesday to enter a conditional purchase agreement with B.C. Hydro, the owner of the green space in the 1800 block of Kings Road. The municipality is expected to take possession of the property in the fall.

The land, which locals have long called “Kings Park,” became the focus of community controversy about a year ago when residents learned B.C. Hydro had decided to sell it.

Residents organized and made the sale an issue in the last municipal election, gathering political commitments to buy it as a park.

Saanich Mayor Fred Haynes said Wednesday that councillors are living up to their commitment to save the land as green space.”

Read more here:

Times Colonist - Saanich OKs $5.5M-deal for park edging Royal Jubilee Hospital

Also read the articles in Oak Bay News:

Saanich In Agreement To Purchase Kings Road Land For $5.5 Million

Saanich Community Group Welcomes Purchase of Kings Park Lands

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Recycling News - South Jubilee Neighbourhood Association

Monthly Neighbourhood Recycling News

South Jubilee Neighbourhood Association operates a monthly recycling depot for assorted plastics and other materials not collected by the city, or for apartment dwellers who do not have curbside recycling.

Our depot is available for materials on the 2nd Saturday of every month - 10am – noon

Location - The Bank Street Art School, at the corner of Leighton & Bank Streets.

Our team of monthly recycling volunteers thanks you all for bringing your materials to our drop-off depot. We recently asked the company what happens to the material we collect, and how are we doing with the sorting. Here’s what Jason Adams, manager of reFUSE Resource Recovery said in his letter:

“Being part of Emterra Environmental, we have some of the best end-markets available, both domestically, and internationally.
For plastics, we benefit from a close partnership with Merlin Plastics. They accept all of our plastics. They wash them, grind them, and reform them into pellets that are marketed back to manufacturers that use them in the plastic extrusion processes. It’s a closed loop system. I can pass on praise to you that your customers, and volunteer sorters do an excellent job of preparing the materials to maintain their resource value.”

We wish to remind you of the following: 

  • SJNA pays for this material to be taken away, please remember to bring a donation to cover costs.

  • Please bring clean material only. 

  • Please drop off your materials only during our regular hours, 10am-noon, 2nd Saturday of every month

  • Bags left by our SJNA trailer outside of our normal hours attract rats and crows that make a mess.

  • We always welcome new volunteers! It’s fun and helps the planet.

  • For complete list of what we accept, go to http://www.southjubilee.ca