Metro Vancouver Update
services and solutions for a livable region

Happy 2020! It’s been a busy start to the new decade.

New measures have come into effect to improve the region’s air quality, with owners of older non-road diesel engines, such as older forklifts, excavators and other engines, required to register their engines and new consultation started on an alternative approach to regulate emissions from open-air burning.

Work has begun on the Cariboo Dam, a regional storm water facility near the east end of Burnaby Lake that controls the lake’s water levels and regulates inflows into the Brunette River. Metro Vancouver also recently released its annual Solid Waste Summary, which shows residents are still doing well at diverting and recycling waste but more can always be done.

In other news, Metro Vancouver welcomed nearly 6,000 people to the watersheds this year, while thousands of students, seniors and people with financial barriers were able to visit Metro Vancouver’s regional parks, thanks to the Pacific Parklands Foundation’s (PPF) Bus Grant Program. With spring around the corner, hope you can get out and enjoy it.

Metro Vancouver is a federation of 21 municipalities, one Electoral Area and one Treaty First Nation that collaboratively plans for and delivers regional-scale services. Its core services are drinking water, wastewater treatment and solid waste management. Metro Vancouver also regulates air quality, plans for urban growth, manages a regional parks system and provides affordable housing.

Metro Vancouver is seeking feedback on a proposed alternative approach to regulating emissions from open-air burning of vegetative debris, as…

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Thousands of students, seniors and people with financial barriers have been able to visit Metro Vancouver’s regional parks, thanks to…

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Metro Vancouver welcomed nearly 6,000 individuals – from students to special interest groups and the general public – to its…

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Metro Vancouver has completed important work on the Cariboo Dam, a regional storm water facility near the east end of…

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Metro Vancouver is tightening the rules for older non-road diesel engines, requiring owners of older forklifts, excavators and other engines…

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Metro Vancouver has announced the committee structure and appointments for 2020 to meet the needs of our growing and diverse…

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Events & Videos

The City of Surrey’s West Village Energy Centre is a component of the district energy system, Surrey City Energy. It’s…

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The latest edition of Metro Vancouver Regional Parks’ Nature Program Guide (Check it Out!) will have you longing for birdsong…

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The City of Port Coquitlam’s Litter Pickup and Cleanliness Project aims to help direct more recyclables from the landfill. An…

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Metro Vancouver staff members are using a new high-tech DNA sequencing process to determine the presence of at-risk or vulnerable…

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Greystone Village in Burnaby, which is one of Metro Vancouver’s Housing communities, is the driving force behind an annual event…

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Starting January 31, 2020, unregistered Tier 1 engines (pre-2004) will be prohibited from operating in Metro Vancouver unless they have…

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