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Many Colwood residents have voiced fears over unfair financial implications to city taxpayers of any sewage treatment solution that involves putting a plant in Colwood, especially when only 25 per cent of residents are hooked up to sanitary sewer lines.

In the wake of some big numbers last month, CRD staff offered the Eastside and Westside wastewater treatment and resource recovery select committees alternate cost-sharing formulas to those historically used in the region. Generally, infrastructure is paid for by the municipality that benefits most.

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Five directors voted to delay while eight moved the cost apportionment forward.

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