By Steve Hubrecht
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Fieldstone Glen residents again appeared before Invermere council, asking for updates on the situation by their neighbourhood.
As reported in the Oct. 21 edition of the Pioneer, those living in Fieldstone Glen were surprised when work began earlier this fall to turn a district right-of-way to the immediate east and south of their neighbourhood into a full fledged public road — 15A Crescent. It wasn’t so much the road that caught them off guard — they had known about it for two years — as it was the road’s proximity to their homes: in some cases, as close as seven feet (two metres) from their back decks.
Having made their case at the Tuesday, Oct. 12 Invermere council meeting, three Fieldstone residents returned to the Tuesday, Oct. 28 meeting, and Charleen Evans asked if there had been any progress with negotiations between the District of Invermere, the developers of Highland Mews, and representatives from neighbouring Heron Point to push 15A Crescent further away from Fieldstone Glen and onto Heron Point land.
“There have been a lot of discussions, back and forth, with the partners. I don’t think there’s anything clear cut at this point,” replied Invermere mayor Al Miller. “There’s nothing new at this point.”
Evans asked if the district had undertaken a survey of the proposed new location of the road and, noting she’d been told the whole issue is “time sensitive”, asked how urgent it is to find some kind of resolution.
Invermere planner, Rory Hromadnik, replied that a survey had not been done yet, as the negotiations were ongoing. He added that developers are using an alternative power source for some of their work in the meantime, and that it “looks like there’s an agreement to push that back (setting up services such as power, water, etc.)…to allow time to negotiate.”
