The Regional District of Bulkley-Nechako (RDBN) should be addressing internet and cellular service and wildfire emergency preparedness.
Those were the top two concerns noted in a survey conducted by the RDBN at the Burns Lake Trade Show in late April.
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The survey, made available on June 7, also showed the third and fourth main concerns of residents are the mid-term timber supply and public engagement.
The RDBN has been working to improve rural internet service and that goal received a boost in March when the Ministry of Citizens’ Services announced it would invest $50 million in rural internet expansion.
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Another section of the survey asked respondents to rank two of the best options for spending the $5.8 million the RDBN received in late March from the $100 million Northern Capital and Planning Grant which the provincial government announced in February.
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The top option was “improved recycling”, and was favoured by 36.4 per cent of respondents; followed by “planning for parks and recreation” at 29.9 per cent; “economic development” at 19.5 per cent; “solid waste management” at 11.7 per cent; and “other” options at 2.6 per cent.
RDBN chairperson Gerry Thiessen told Black Press in April that the district was examining how the money could be spent on infrastructure needs.
A total of 46 people took the survey and most were from Burns Lake and Electoral Area B.
Blair McBrideMultimedia reporter
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