More soil to fill in a large property at the base of Burke Mountain in Coquitlam will be hauled in this year.
Last week, Coquitlam city council okayed a conservation permit to allow One World Farms Inc. to truck in about 15,000 cubic metres more fill to the site, located south of DeBoville Slough.
The 33-acre property at the far north end of Devon Road is close to the top the proposed Fremont connector that, when built, will link Burke Mountain with Lougheed HIghway in Port Coquitlam.
So far, about 142,500 cu. m. of fill has been imported to the property that, if approved by the city and the Agricultural Land Commission, would accommodate an equestrian centre and homes.
City council set several conditions on the new permit, including requests to use traffic controls during the hauling and to keep the DeBoville parking lot and trail open to the public at all times.
Carl Johannsen, Coquitlam's acting manager of development services, confirmed the trucks will use Coast Meridian Road and Victoria Drive to drop their load - not the residential Cedar Drive.
And he said most of the fill is coming from the massive development on Burke Mountain, where Coquitlam plans to add another 20,000 residents over the next 15 to 20 years.
One World Farms Inc. has been raising its property base for seven years; city council issued the first permit in 2009.
