State of the City 2022: Roads Infrastructure

The state of the  city's roads infrastructure, it's a topic that is often among the first to make for a lively discussion in Prince Rupert, with potholes, slalom moguls, patch paving, marking lines and any other item of note from a transit making for the current of conversation.

The financial limitations that the City faces for all of its infrastructure was reviewed as part of our Overview of the mayor's presentation.

Tuesday's State of the City found the Mayor sharing some thoughts on a challenging situation for roads that seems destined to be a conversation starter long after he steps aside from office this fall.

"So let's talk about roads for a second. 

Our roads situation is wonderful ... that's my joke for the evening.

They're not good, the roads were not built correctly actually. They were built with McNickel Creek fill across the harbour that has high salt content and corrodes the pipes, that's why we have ski slopes in the town.

We have whole neighbourhoods that were built on hog fuel that are sinking into the ground and we know a lot of those neighbourhoods that are having major issues.

We just had McBride a hundred and two year old pipe just collapsed on us and we ended up having to rip up the entire road to make sure we just got it done when we got it, when you're ripping up a road there's nothing that's frustrating more than ripping it up the same road twice.

So we said, look let's get it all done and you that cost one million dollars"

When it comes to addressing the roads and situations such as the McBride one, the Mayor noted of their use of a short term loan and the Financial instrument of Legacy Corporation towards the issues.

 "That's just a million dollars out of nothing we have to take a short term borrowing, 850,000 dollars which we're going to pay through Legacy, which I'll get into Legacy later and hopefully that doesn't get onto the taxpayer"

The larger roads replacement program also was part of the night's narrative for the Mayor.

"The truth is that it's one million dollars for every hundred metre of road and we can't just pave the roads anymore. In fact, the roads are now a capital issue.

Every road in town has to be ripped up from scratch, has to be complete new sub-strata all the pipes and servicing and utilities have to be completely replaced underneath. 

And it has to all be redone from scratch.

Paving is basically useless at this point, it's just patch work and right now we've managed to double the roads budget to a million a year.  But the roads budget needs to be getting to six to eight million a year minimum to keep a basic maintenance.

The truth is we need at least ninety million dollar injection right now to get the roads to a baseline standard and then you need to pump another  six to eight million a year into the roads to make sure that the roads can be maintained.

We aren't even close  to doing that. This is something we have to do on our own, unless we can tie it into waste treatment and do piping work with grants and we rip up the roads to replace pipes we might be able to do some of that"

To highlight the challenge of the roads, the Mayor made note of a few troublesome areas of the city and. how its larger than just a planning or a budgeting issue.

"I'll give you an example, Overlook Street. 

Overlook Street alone is a ten million dollar rebuild, there's no point in paving that road  it needs to be completely redone, ten million dollars  ... Crestview that's another road, that area all hog fuel same issue, millions of dollars. 

People say to me, when you gonna do that road? 

Well that's not going to be part of the paving budget, I'm sorry, but it's just not.

We need to raise the capital to do that, the truth is like I said, we need ninety million at least to do some big projects for the roads.

So that's just something I think the community needs to hear, this isn't a bad planning thing from the city, this isn't a budgeting issue from the city. 

This is just what it is, and that's going to be probably one biggest challenges moving forward  is raising that kind of capital without burdening the tax payer.

And we'll show you how we've been creative by doing huge projects and saving the taxpayers from the burden, but roads huge issue"

The Conversation on the roads elements of the presentation can be viewed from the City's Video replay of the Sate of the City Presentation.

The review of the roads notes start at the 11  minute mark

Some of our past items of note on roads can be found from our Operations Archive and our Major Project articles.

Our Full overview of the State of the City Presentation can be reviewed here.

We also have created an archive of the elements from it, that compilation is available here.

( some of the above images come from screenshots of the video presentation)

State of the City 2022: Public Works Facility

The planned move for the City's Operations staff and workers from the Wantage Road Public Works yard to the old Sherman GM lot on Portage Avenue made for another theme from Tuesday's State of the City presentation. 

With the mayor providing an overview of the dire state of the current facility and the city's reasoning and hopes for for the new one.

"Another controversial decision I think that people are wondering about. 

You all have seen that we have acquired the old GM dealership to put public works there and I've heard a lot of feedback like why are you doing that?

So let me explain, this was Public Works. 

Public works was in a Health and Safety issue, in fact it was an unsafe working environment completely.  There was actually lines on the ground where you had to walk within the line so that you weren't in the unsafe zones in the complex. 

We brought in some ATCO trailers, as a kind of a make shift, those started failing right away, the reality was that this was a problem that was left for so long and when you're in the community you don't think of this as a priority. 

But us as an organization. we need a safe workplace for our workers, we need a place where they can actually have pride in their workplace. And we had to do something, it was a  very critical failure with that.

So it was either spend eight million dollars of money we don't have, because you know it needs to go into roads and water and waste treatment, and build a new capital building and find a site and clear a site and do all that, or do something more efficient."

From that outline, the Mayor then made his pitch towards the decision on taking on the lease to own concept for the former auto dealership.

"And that's when the GM opportunity came up, because now we're doing a lease to own opportunity with that building, the service bay fits out fire trucks and there's a lot of things that  worked with that building for us.

It was sitting there for two years, and we needed to make action, and that is actually going to save this community money and it means we don't have to do a massive capital project.

And we're going to use both yards, this will still be used for equipment and things like that, but that will be the new public works facility and that is why we moved forward with this, it was something that must happen.

And when you're in a position like this, if someone gets hurt on that, you know I'm not going to be a person who sits there and watches someone get hurt because I can't make a decision on getting them a new building.

So City staff came up with a creative solution and I think it was the right choice for this community to go in that direction and I hope after hearing that,  you believe so too"  

The Public works  elements of the presentation can be viewed from the City's Video replay of the Sate of the City Presentation.

The Public works notes start at the 30  minute mark

We outlined some of the background towards the proposed use of the property earlier this year.

Our Full overview of the State of the City Presentation can be reviewed here.

We also have created an archive of the elements from it, that compilation is available here.

( some of the above images come from screenshots of the video presentation)

State of the City 2022: Emergency Services Facilities

 

Tuesday's presentation included updates on the city's plans for both the new RCMP detachment to be built at the corner of McBride and Third Avenue East; as well as the early stages of planning for a new Fire Hall for the Prince Rupert Fire/Rescue Department.

The new Detachment structure led off the review, the Mayor tracing some of the history towards the long running process of getting the proposed new building to the finish line.

"OK, another challenge, the RCMP station. 

Gina Garon's in the audience right ... she knows all about this issue, because this is a twenty year issue and it's no fault to the councils I would say.

The problem with this situation has been, the RCMP has never agreed on the location, anytime there was a location brought up, they didn't like the location, there was new rules after 9/11 on where you know police stations can be located and there was this big back and forth for years about location. 

And eventually you know we met with the Commissioner he came from Ottawa we just said look you're either gonna build a station underwater,  or you're gonna find a location.

This is another mandated project, we have no choice in the matter to do this. 

They can go ahead and build this themselves at any spec they want and send us the bill and we would be forced to pay for it and so in our view having control over the location and the design allows us to control the cost.

If you look at Prince George for example, they build a super fancy RCMP station it cost  well over 60 million dollars. That wasn't our approach on this, as Councillor Niesh would say, no fancy lines on the building" 

Mr. Brain then outlined the scope of the Loan required for the build and some of the timeline towards completion.

"We just completed the Loan Authorization, for 25 million dollars, this will be up to 25 million dollars costs. 

We've already put the money aside for the loan, I'm going to talk about that after, there might be a small tax increase next year to finish off that, it's going to be about 1.5 million a year ish payments for the loan. 

But this was something that we had no choice on, so that's the location we managed to work a deal out to do a bit of a land swap drop the cost of acquiring the building, the old Jehovah Witness building and its all going to come down ... it's going to be built you know reasonably at a budget that this community can handle. 

And so that's gonna be a project that's finally moving forward and it's one of those challenges that we just had to take care of"

The details towards a new Fire Hall are not quite fully developed as of yet, the Mayor providing for a bit of a heads up to what the city has in mind for the Fire Department over the next few years.

"The next one, which we haven't talked about before is our Fire Hall. 

Our Fire Hall has seismic upgrades that are needed, it's in a very poor location, it was built in the fifties, and it wasn't built to today's standards and we actually have to custom order Fire Trucks so they can fit into the actual  bays ... this has to go basically, unfortunately.

So now we're in the process of that, we've been doing some site surveys, we've been doing some initial designs and probably next year you'll hear more about what's gonna happen with Fire.

You know we have a lot of Industrial growth actually happening as well, discussion with the industry that they're going to need more  fire suppression opportunities, so Fire/Emergency service is gonna be a big part of this community's growth  and we need to set up for the future and this is just one of those have to haves as well.

And you know none of this, the reason why  I'm putting all of this first, is cause that none of this anything sexy about this, there's nothing fun about it, there's nothing exciting about it, this is just the weight of this town, and I'm hope you're feeling that weight that we feel sometimes"

The two Emergency Service theme elements of the presentation can be viewed from the City's Video replay of the Sate of the City Presentation.

The New Detachment notes start at the 33  minute mark

The proposed new Firehall themes can be reviewed at the 35  minute mark

Our Major Projects Archive page has much of the background towards both developments as they have progressed over the last few years.

Our Full overview of the State of the City Presentation can be reviewed here.

We also have created an archive of the elements from it, that compilation is available here.

(all above images come from screenshots of the video presentation)

State of the City 2022: Water and Wastewater Infrastructure

Tuesday's State of the City presentation outlined many of the infrastructure Challenges facing the community, when it comes to the community water related themes the Mayor's review highlighted some good news for the much anticipated Woodworth Lake Dam project and updates on a number of other water related infrastructure plans.

We outlined the Mayor's notes on the financial challenges towards the water infrastructure here, s

Below we focus more on the commentary from Mr. Brain on the Dam and the city's plans for what they have described as an innovative solution to the Federal mandated waste water requirements that the city faces.

The early elements of the Mayor's presentation provided a snapshot of the long running process of taking on the water infrastructure challenges

"So when we took office, there was no, there was a priority for water in the community I'n going to say that. The previous council made it a priority, the could before it made it a priority. The challenge was getting the project moving and getting the income you needed to get that first phase done"

The Mayor then offered up a brief tutorial on the site location across from Seal Cove and the challenges of reaching the Woolworth Dam site and what was required towards preliminary access work towards the three stages of development. 

Among those elements, there was a need for a new road, replacement of lines buried underground which was completed in 2018. With that the second phase was the dam construction element, which meant the use of a secondary water supply from Shawatlans Lake and that resulted in a number of Boil Water orders which has been the challenge since the project has been underway.

Towards Phase Two, the Mayor outlined the next steps on the way to getting the new Dam into service.

"The Dam is now complete, officially complete and at the end of this month or early August we're allowing the reservoir to come back up and we will be redistributing back to the main water supply and that will most likely, ninety nine percent end most of our Boil Water issues, that kind of thing, so we'll be back the primary water supply"

The Mayor's Lester session also featured a video that highlighted the challenging conditions that the Dam project provided for.

The notes from Mr. Brain also explained the other element of the water program of Phase Three which is the design of the water treatment plant which is anticipated to be started in 2023 or 2024.

"Once that is complete we'll have a brand new water distribution system and that will last us for a hundred plus more years and we'll have like pretty much this top state of the art water system that you can get anywhere on the planet earth"

Mr. Brain also spoke the numerous Boil Water Orders over the last few years, pointing to changed regulations that made things challenging for the City.

"Now one thing I do want to mention to you, is people are always saying like all of a sudden the water's bad, all of a sudden the water's bad. 

Well theoretically it's not actually all of a sudden that. 

The challenge that happened is that there's been new regulations that have been put into place with what's acceptable to be allowed in the water supply.   and since 2010 that has been getting more strict, and more strict and more strict.

And so we have to report now when there's a certain level of micron of bacteria in the water and it has to be reported no matter what now, back in the day you didn't have to do that. 

So it's the same coastal water the difference is that the regulations now require notice to the community that there is these challenges, so that is why you are hearing more about it at this point.

And we have no choice on that, we operate but we don't regulate, they tell us when we have to make these notices, so that's some of the situation we've be in. 

So we apologize if there's been undue stress for that but there's no other way to go about this project than the way we've been doing it and it's going to be done by the end of 2024 and we will have that part complete"

The introduction to the topic of wastewater highlighted the challenge and the Federal mandate the city is working towards to address the issue

"As you know all of our waste from the toilets goes right to the Ocean, there's thirteen outflows We are federal mandated to cap all of those outflows, we just applied for an extension and we got approved to a 2030 timeline. We've got some time and what that would entail is twinning off every single line in town.

Right now we have one line, you'd have to have a sewer line and a storm line, once again you're ripping up all the roads, you're twinning off all the lines massive, massive infrastructure challenge, our most expensive option.

However, we may have found a solution to save the community well over a hundred million dollars on this and there is going to be a video after this.

But, Mr. Pucci our Director of Operations and our City Management team have been researching new wastewater treatment methodologies. They went over to the East Coast and met some communities there on some of the waste treatment they were doing. And we're actually going to be pursuing  a new innovative kind of sustainable approach to waste treatment"

As the Mayor observed for the audience on Tuesday night, the pilot project is destined for the Omenica Avenue area, which if successful would be replicated across the city.

"We're going to do a pilot project behind Omenica, where we're going to do a natural wetland solution where we actually use nature to treat the waste and we'll have many of these all over the community in different neighbourhoods.

There's no smell, there's no odour, it looks like a park and it's something you can actually visit and  you won't even know what it is, so there's a lot of bonuses to this"

As part of his overview the Mayor presented a video on the topic to further explain the process.

"So just to finish off on that note then, if we didn't do that approach we'd have a variety of concrete treatment facilities along the waterfront. Massive cost, massively mechanical projects as well that take a lot which take a lot of upkeep so maintenance and operations are a big cost as well.

This you'd have a variety of those wetlands all over the community in different areas, they would all treat the waste ... it's a sustainable solution for the long term.

We've applied for two grants from the Feds and the UBCM, and we're looking at a six million dollar pilot project, ultimately the cost of that project is probably anywhere from 80 to 100 million but it won't 200 to 250 million if we prove that the pilot project is successful"

The two water theme elements of the presentation can be viewed from the City's Video replay of the Sate of the City Presentation.

The Woodworth Dam notes start at the 19 minute mark

The Wastewater themes can be reviewed at the 14 minute mark

Our Major Projects Archive page has much of the background towards both developments as they have progressed over the last few years.

Our Full overview of the State of the City Presentation can be reviewed here.

We also have created an archive of the elements from it, that compilation is available here.

(all above images come from screenshots of the video presentation)

Emergency Services Files: July 2022

Our Archive of items for the month of  July  from the files of law enforcement and other emergency responders in Northwestern British Columbia.




From the North Coast Review


City Council has some 411 for the BC Government on ambulance service in Prince Rupert 
Prince Rupert Fire/Rescue raises alarm over BC Ambulance staffing shortages and impact on Fire Department 
Prince Rupert RCMP continue investigation into New Years Day incident on McBride Street 
City's Fire Chief to seek approval for new fire engine for PRFD
Prince Rupert RCMP seek public's help in recent B and E downtown
BC Conservation Officers haul in the halibut and crab following routine compliance check
Success in the Round Up of the Wanted; thanks to tips from Prince Rupert residents 
Terrace RCMP seek assistance of public on missing person's file 
Prince Rupert RCMP seek 47 year old male on multiple warrants from 2021
Prince Rupert RCMP seek public's assistance in shoplifting case file 
Old Jehovah Witness Hall to come down at see of future RCMP detachment
Prince Rupert Gang members facing a number of criminal charges following April attack 

Celebrating Paramedics the theme for today, International Paramedics Day
Unique Prince Rupert Port Authority RFP for Emergency Response Facility could set template for future partnerships with City

Summer Counter-Attack Impaired Driving campaign underway
State of the City 2022: Emergency Services Facilities

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Prince Rupert/Port Edward/Haida Gwaii/North Coast


Prince Rupert Fire/Rescue Facebook Page

Prince Rupert RCMP Detachment website

Prince Rupert RCMP Facebook Page

Prince Rupert Online Crime Reporting program link

Conservation Officer Service Facebook page

Port Edward  Volunteer Fire/Rescue Facebook Page

July 28 -- RCMP and SAR Crews team up to rescue injured hiker near Bella Coola 

July 27 -- Hiker in Distress rescued from Nusatsum Mountain (RCMP statement)

July 27 -- Paramedic shortage in Prince Rupert could cause emergency response delays (audio)

July 26 -- Prince Rupert Fire Department picking up slack for medical calls 

July 26 -- BC Ambulance needs to step up so Prince Rupert firefighters can step back -- City Council

July 26 -- Prince Rupert RCMP asking for victim of New Year's incident to help with investigation  

July 26 -- Prince Rupert RCMP looking to identify break and enter suspect 

July 25 -- Seeking a victim to come forward   (RCMP statement)

July 22 -- Can you help identify this man?  (RCMP statement)

July 21 -- Numerous violations result in $4,500 fines for four anglers visiting North Coast  

July 21 -- Wanted Men Located (RCMP statement)

July 19 -- Prince Rupert RCMP looking for wanted man

July 15 -- Work begins on new Prince Rupert Detachment site (video)

July 15 -- Demolition underway for new Prince Rupert RCMP detachment site

July 15 -- Prince Rupert RCMP want to identify shoplifter

July 15 -- Prince Rupert RCMP asking for public assistance to identify May shoplifting suspect

July 13 -- Prince Rupert RCMP looking for Garnet Romeo Hill

July 13 -- Wanted: Garner Romeo Hill  (RCMP statement)

July 12 -- Charges laid against Prince Rupert Gang (video)

July 12 -- Can You identify this man?  (RCMP statement)

July 8 -- Man attacked by gang members  (RCMP statement)

July 4 -- Community members and RCMP in Masset band together to learn vandalized Roller Rink

July 4 -- Community volunteers clean up graffiti inside Masset Roller Rink (RCMP statement)

Terrace/Kitimat

Terrace RCMP Detachment website

Kitimat RCMP Detachment website

Terrace RCMP Twitter feed

Conservation Officer Service Facebook page

July 27 -- Fire at Skeena Sawmill (video)

July 27 -- Skeena sawmills fire extinguished rather quickly  

July 27 -- Fire breaks out at Skeena Sawmills 

July 26 -- Kitimat Conservation Office warns of increased bear activity (video)

July 26 -- Spike in first responder calls prompts increase in overall call volume for Terrace Fire Department 

July 26 -- Grizzly encounters in Kitimat prompt warning from Conservation Officer Service 

July 22 -- Search continues for a missing Terrace woman (video)

July 22 -- Conservation Officer Service seizes 80 pounds of fish in Terrace (video)

July 21 -- Thornhill Fire (video)

July 21 -- Home in Pine Park catches on fire

July 21 -- Fire destroys home at Thornhill trailer park 

July 21 -- Numerous violations result in $4,500 fines for four anglers visiting North Coast

July 21 -- 2 fatal ATV collisions within 10 days in Terrace, police confirm

July 19 -- Terrace RCP seeking missing person

July 19 -- Police seek help finding Jaswinder Taggar

July 18 -- RCMP seek missing Terrace woman (video)

July 18 -- Terrace RCMP requesting public's help in locating missing woman

July 18 -- Missing Person -- Jaswinder Taggar  (RCMP statement)

July 14 -- Terrace safe streets bylaw now official

July 14 -- False Overdue boater report prompts Kitimat RCMP to remind boaters to notify family when they return, and prepare trip plans

July 12 -- Terrace RCMP seeking public assistance to locate missing man after finding his abandoned vehicle 

July 12 -- Terrace Council gives final adoption to safe streets bylaw,  giving the city tools to address unacceptable public behaviour 

July 11 -- ICBC flags most accident-prone intersections in Terrace 

July 11 -- Missing Person: Family seeks help finding John Klukas

July 11 -- Missing Person -- Johannes (John) Gunter Klukas  (RCMP statement)

July 8 -- Kitimat Detachment Service Report (July 1-7)

July 5 -- Northern BC communities among top 5 spots where black bears are killed most

July 4 -- RCMP renew calls for assistance to locate missing man seen near Dease Lake

Bulkley Valley/Lakes District 

Smithers RCMP Detachment website

Conservation Officer Service Facebook page

July 29 -- 30 people block RCMP vehicle at northwest BC Pipeline site as protests continue 

July 29 -- Thrift Store broken into and robbed

July 28 -- Thieves rob campers then break into home

July 28 -- Two people arrested on Morice Forest Service Road following traffic stop 

July 28 -- Campers victim of theft on campground and home, RCMP investigating  

July 28 -- Two protestors arrested on Morice River Forest Service Road near Houston (RCMP statement)

July 27 -- "All I want is to find them so I can have some peace; says Mable Jack of her mission family 

July 27 -- Houston sergeant promoted to staff sergeant to lead Smithers RCMP 

July 27 -- New Staff Sergeant to join Smithers RCMP detachment 

July 27 -- Police investigate collision between pick-up truck and motorcycle  (RCMP statement)

July 22 -- Probe continues into man's death July 16 on Highway 16 near Houston 

July 20 -- Nearly 400 crashes reported to ICBC since 2018 in Smithers 

July 20 -- Burns Lake RCMP dismisses social media rumour of an attempted kidnapping 

July 19 -- Fake social media posts launch investigation by Burns Lake RCMP

July 18 -- RCMP probe fatal road accident west of Houston 

July 18 -- Houston cyclists to participate in Cops for Cancer Tour de North

July 18 -- ATV seen driving the wrong way on Highway 16 in Smithers 

July 18 -- RCMP probe fatal road accident west of Houston 

July 16 -- Winnipeg man dies after being run over by a pickup truck near Houston  

July 16 -- Two people on ATV caught driving the wrong way on Highway 16

July 8 -- Prosecution Service decides to pursue criminal charges against four more arrested while opposing Coastal GasLink's pipeline

July 6 -- RCMP  say GasLink contractor injured by lone man blocking Lamprey Creek Bridge 

July 5 -- Missing Person -- Jerry Keith Krietz (RCMP statement)

July 5 -- Northern BC communities among top 5 spots where black bears are killed most

July 5 -- River rescue (audio)

July 4 -- Family home on McCabe Road lost due to fire

July 4 -- Court awards sexual battery victim $322K

July 3 -- Fire destroys family home on McCabe Road

Ketchikan and Southeast Alaska

July 11 -- Air Station Sitka welcomes new commander

July 11 -- Fishing lodge guests rescued from remote bay

July 11-- Two escape from overturned car near Petersburg's runway

Miscellaneous notes

Archive of month to month review for 2022







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State of the City 2022 Archived Items

 

Our archive of the June 28th State of the City Presentation for 2022 at the Lester Centre,  delivered by Prince Rupert Mayor Lee Brain.

Below we provide our overview of the Presentation, along with a breakdown of many of the elements of the Mayor's two hour review of the last eight years of City Council work, along with the progress for the vision plan from 2019.

Leaving the blueprints in the office the the next Mayor: Lee Brain's State of the City Presentation

Infrastructure

Water and Wastewater Infrastructure

Emergency Services Facilities 

Public Works Facility

Roads Infrastructure

Housing Development

Airport Ferry/Airport 

Landfill Expansion

Child Care Challenges

Vision Planning 

GatewayDistrict Project

Marina District

Waterfront District

Seal Cove Salt Marsh

Mid Town District

Physical Revitalization/Downtown road reconfiguration  

State of the City: Some Facts, Some Fund Themes ... Some omissions from the narrative

Prince Rupert Port Authority gently pushes back a bit on Mayor's financial narrative from State of the City Presentation 

North Coast Review archives for further reference on the above 

Mayor Projects and Infrastructure 

Civic Operations 

Waterfront Development, Recreational Commercial lands

Redesign Rupert/Sustainable City/ Civic Planning 

Budget Planning

Legacy Corporation

CityWest 

City Council Discussion topics

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Northwest Media notes on the State of the City Presentation

Prince Rupert Deficit (video)

$600 million infrastructure deficit - Prince Rupert needs cash

Prince Rupert and Port Edward come to agreement to solve four decades of disputes

Prince Rupert State of the City (audio)

Summer travels across Skeena-Bulkley Valley ahead for MP Taylor Bachrach

Skeena Bulkley Valley MP Taylor Bachrach's Summer tour
got a head start earlier this month at Seafest, the MP has
a growing list of events and communities to visit through
the next few months
(image from MP Bachrach's FB page)

With the House of Commons having headed off on its summer break, the MP for Skeena-Bulkley Valley has been putting together a touring itinerary for his summer plans, with a growing list of stops to hear from constituents from Haida Gwaii to the Bulkley Valley and points North and South.

Some of the stops on his map have already taken place, but the list of festivals and events he hopes to take in makes like a British Columbia Tourism Road Map.

As most MP's through the decades have done, the Canada Day event in Kitimat makes for his Go To event, the popular parade and surrounding events the one that offers many a photo opportunity not to mention the newsletter collage for the fall mailing.

In his Social Media page message on the travel itinerary, the Skeena-Bulkley Valley MP reminds those across the constituency that if you'd like to schedule an in-person meeting with me when I'm in your community, please don't hesitate to drop me an email at taylor.bachrach@parl.gc.ca. 

More notes on the work and travels of Mr. Bachrach can be explored from our House of Commons Archive.