Gold River Buzz

Councilor Lynne Unger sent an update to the Buzz so that Gold River residents are kept updated on this issue:

Thomas Lyons of Covanta Energy and Brandon Snyder of Green Island Energy were in Gold River today and met with Village Council.  Mr. Lyons brought us messages of good news all around.  He reported that the Chair of the Waste Management Committee of the Greater Vancouver Regional District has been changed from Mr. Marvin Hunt from Surrey to Port Coquitlam Mayor Greg Moore, and the concept of “fresh eyes” on the GVRD garbage issue is being viewed favorably by Mr. Lyons.  He told Council that Covanta has absolutely no intention to pull away from the Gold River project and that as far as Covanta is concerned, the Gold River project is a high priority.  He believes this project is positioned very well to be the successful bidder when the Request for Proposal comes out later this year, and hopes to be able to give us great bundles of good news before the year ends.

The Cache Creek landfill renewal is fraught with problems and legal issues, and isn’t seen to be the magic solution that the media has painted it to be.  The GVRD is in the process of amending their Solid Waste Management plan to include possible solutions to their garbage problems as “in region” and “out of region” waste-to-energy facilities.

So once again we wait, but with renewed positive thoughts.  Stay patient Gold River, good things come to those who wait.  L. Unger