Aldergrove Star
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is part of: BC Historical Newspapers
contributor: Langmann, Rudy
issued: 2022-09-21
issued: 1974-03-13
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note: ,;i u iilu^. . ^S —...MM——mmm. Plat juititia, mat eoelum VOL.17 NO.10 PAGES THE STAR, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 13, 1974 MiAA f& S3 fl SB H O ■te--H 10 CENti? •a.' AT COUNTY LINE »M^^ t v3 Stretching to Jackman A gigantic low cost residential development has been planned for the North Aider- grave area. • The development, part of the former Grosvenor-Laing property now owned by two Chilean companies, is - still very much hush-hush. A set of plans for two mobile borne viUages accommodating a total of 550 units wfre leaked to The Star yesterday. Plans show the about 300 acre development to reachfrom Coghlan Rd. (256th Street) in the west acioss County Line (264th) and Angling Road (267th) and almost to Jackman Road (272nd). In a north-south direction it centres around 72nd Avenue and reaches, from 68th Avenue to 76th. vY The development plans which .. have reached the level of the Langley planning commission, show 290 thir&acre mobUe home lots west of County Line and 260 to the east. Ravine land surrounding the proposed development has been set aside 7 for recreatic^ j^pofceiB. The huge subdivision will beservic- miSty centre about 50 ft. by 50 ft. A general store and a laundronjat are shown at the interseetioaofCounty Line and 72M Avenue. Close to this same intersection 10 .acres have fceett set' aside for an elementary school site supposedly to be built by the school district and sewage treatment plants of undeter- " mined type and capacity aire located adjacent to two main natural water courses, West Greek and Beaver River. "A 30 feet 'buffer zone" surrounds the properly Which is criss- * crossed by cuMe-sacs arid lavishly splattered With lyplcal 78 7ft. by 200 ft. mobUe home pads. ■'. O. What the' engineering blueprints drawn up for Chichester Properties by consulting engineers' H.A. Simons (International) Ltd. of Vancouver fail to show is how jobs WUl be created overnight for 550 instant families, how enough school and commercial facuities wUl be provided, arid to what ex…
note: Title changes in chronological order: Aldergrove Herald (1957-10-16 to 1958-02-20), Aldergrove News (1958-02-27 to 1964-04-30), Central Fraser Valley Echo (1964-05-06 to 1964-12-23), Central Fraser Valley Star (1967-01-17 to 1969-02-05), and Aldergrove Star (1969-02-12 to 1991-12-31). Presented to the Alder Grove Heritage Society by Kurt Langmann and Family, July 1, 2021.
has type: Newspapers
spatial: Aldergrove (B.C.)
is shown at: 10.14288/1.0420309
language: English
lat: 49.0851
long: -122.4707
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
publisher: Aldergrove : Central Fraser Valley Star Publications
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source: Original Format: Alder Grove Heritage Society
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