Infrastructure Services
Electricity
BC Hydro & Power
- Office - 4350 Rainbow Road, Sechelt, 1-800-224-9376
- Emergency/report outages - 1-800-769-3766.
- Offsite link - BC Hydro.
Transportation
Dept. of Highways
Local highways and bridge maintenance is contracted to Emcon Services by the British Columbia Ministry of Transportation.
- Office - Field Road, Wilson Creek - 604-740-0667
- Area Manager - 604-740-8985
- Head office, Vancouver - 1-800-665-3135
Offsite links: Emcon Services, Ministry of Transportation.
Community Bus
An SCRD bus to Sechelt is in trial operation until September 2011 (the service started Sept. 1, 2010).
The bus runs on Wednesdays and Saturdays, with stops at the Pender Harbour Community Hall, Mountainview Service Petro-Can, John Henry’s Marina, Earl’s Cove Ferry Terminal, Egmont Musuem and Sechelt Library. The bus sits from noon until 2 pm in Sechelt.
Community Bus Schedule
(download .pdf file)
Offsite links: Pender Bus discussion, BC Bus Pass.
Malaspina Coachline
1-800-386-4456
This commercial bus line based in Sechelt makes a daily Vancouver-Powell River run, with Pender Harbour stops in Madeira Park and Kleindale.
Offsite link: Malaspina Coach Lines.
BC Ferries
By car, you must take a ferry to reach the Lower Mainland and the Powell River area (Upper Sunshine Coast).
If you are traveling for a referred medical appointment, a form is available to allow you free passage. See Health: Off-Coast Appointments.
Offsite link: BC Ferries.
Water
See Public Notices for drinking water advisories and sprinkling restrictions.
SCRD Water Services
1975 Field Road, Sechelt (Wilson Creek), 604-885-6800
The Sunshine Coast Regional District manages several water services in the area, the largest being the South Pender Harbour Water Works (formerly South Pender Harbour Water District). This system supplies most of Madeira Park with water from Haslam Lake.
News
Sept/09 - Federal and Provincial governments provide $5,440,000 towards a South Pender Harbour water treatment plant. Area A taxpayers will cover the balance, expected to be about $2.72 million
2007 - The SCRD designates a $10,000 Ministry of Community Services grant for a Pender Harbour water-treatment feasibility study. This study will compare options and lead to implementation of the Area A Master Water Treatment Plan at an estimated cost of about $7 million.
2005 - The SCRD acquires North Pender Harbour Water Works (formerly Garden Bay Water Works and a system in Irvine’s Landing), and announces a plan to merge all of their Pender Harbour water systems. They hope to eventually operate a coast-wide water supply system.
Top of Page
Waste Management
Pender Harbour Landfill
Garden Bay Road - 604-883
-2954
Summer hours
Wed-Mon: 8:30-4:30 (Sunday included) and Tuesday: 8:30-12:30.
Winter hours
Mon & Wed-Sat 8:30-4:30; Tue 8:30-12:30; closed Sunday.
The Pender Harbour Landfill, operated by the Sunshine Coast Regional District, includes recycling bins and a “share shed” where you can pay less than the landfill rate to leave usable items for others to buy.
The SCRD decided to replace our landfill with a transfer station, so garbage can be trucked to Sechelt to be landfilled there. Read the SCRD News Release, which makes it sound like a really good idea.
We don’t have community garbage collection, although regular service is available from Harbour Disposal. See Home & Property (Garbage & Recycling).
Recycling
Grips Recycling Depot
13136 Hwy. 101 (& Menacher Road) - 604-883
-1165
Our recycling depot is managed by the Garbage Recycling in Pender Society.
- Bottle Returns - Mon-Tue & Thur-Sat: 8:30-3:30 pm; Sunday: 10-1:45 pm.
- Other Materials - Mon-Tue & Thur-Sat: 8:30-4 pm; Sunday: 10-2 pm.
- Materials accepted - Recyclable beverage containers, newspapers, magazines, flyers, books, office paper, cardboard, boxboard, plastic containers and some packaging, tin and aluminum cans, aluminum foil, bottle glass and household paint. Cash refunds are given for all beverage containers except milk.
- Not accepted - Waxed cardboard, Styrofoam, tissue paper, gift wrap, batteries, electronics and motor oil containers.
Gibsons Recycling Depot
1918 Venture Way, Gibsons
Electronic Waste - GRD is the only facility on the Sunshine Coast which accepts electronic waste (computers, televisions, etc.). There is no charge for disposal of these items.
Offsite link: Recycling Council of BC.
Top of Page
Wharves
Wharfinger’s office, Madeira Park - 604-883
-2234.
There are three government/community wharves in Pender Harbour; two in Madeira Park (Gerrans Bay and Whiskey Slough) and one in Garden Bay.
A sewage pumping station, showers, toilets and Seafarer's Millennium Park are located at the Gerrans Bay wharf.
These formerly-government wharves are under lease with the Dept. of Fisheries and Oceans and managed by the Harbour Authority of Pender Harbour (below).
News
Aug. 21/09 - An $80,000 grant from the Federal Government to extend the Hospital Bay wharf is announced. Work is expected to be complete by November.
Harbour Authority of Pender Harbour
The Harbour Authority manages the public wharves in Pender Harbour (above). Elected board members hold monthly meetings in all but July, August and December. Their AGM is held in February.
Offsite link: Harbour Authority.
Top of Page
|
