<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:10pt"><div>Hi folks</div><div><br></div><div>The Region has approved of the LRT contrac<span style="font-size: 13px;">tor</span><span style="font-size: 13px;"> <span style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 18.200000762939453px;">GrandLinq consortium who bid $532 million. (Officials budgeted $545 million). Here is the KW Record's coverage about this: </span><span> </span></span><a href="http://www.therecord.com/news-story/4396238-region-votes-11-4-to-award-lrt-contract/" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-size: 10pt;">http://www.therecord.com/news-story/4396238-region-votes-11-4-to-award-lrt-contract/</a></div><div><br></div><div>As for Hidden Valley, council approved to proceed with the latest road design. <span style="font-size: 10pt;">Here's
the Record's spin on today's meeting: </span><a href="http://www.therecord.com/news-story/4396306-river-road-extension-is-approved/" style="font-size: 10pt; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">http://www.therecord.com/news-story/4396306-river-road-extension-is-approved/</a></div><div><br></div><div>Now is the time we should be crafting a Part II order Request with the MInistry of Natural Resources and the Ministry of Transportation<span style="font-size: 10pt;"> to request that they do a bump up of the project to an EA Schedule D process and request that ALL endangered species be protected</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>Also, </div><div><br></div><div>The NEB decision regarding Enbridge Line 9 oil pipeline will take place this Thursday at 4:30 pm. </div><div><br></div><a
href="https://docs.neb-one.gc.ca/ll-eng/llisapi.dll/fetch/2000/90464/90552/92263/790736/890819/918701/2423561/Publication_date_of_the_Reasons_for_Decision_OH-002-2013_-_A3V0T4.pdf?nodeid=2431815&vernum=-2">https://docs.neb-one.gc.ca/ll-eng/llisapi.dll/fetch/2000/90464/90552/92263/790736/890819/918701/2423561/Publication_date_of_the_Reasons_for_Decision_OH-002-2013_-_A3V0T4.pdf?nodeid=2431815&vernum=-2</a><div></div><div><br></div><div>That's it for now. Have a good one!</div><div><br></div><div>Lulu </div></div></body></html>