News and Events

Planned Water Service Shutoff - Chaster Road Area

Work is continuing to upgrade vital water infrastructure on the Sunshine Coast with a new water main connection due to be installed in the Chaster Road Area of Elphinstone on Monday, November 29.

As a result of this important work, water service will be shut down for over 300 residences on Monday November 29. The outage is anticipated to last from 8:30am to 3pm. Please note that this work is weather dependent and may be rescheduled. Should this occur, updates will be provided at www.scrd.ca.

You can enter your address into the map below to see if this affects you and further information can be found HERE.

ALL BOIL WATER ADVISORIES HAVE BEEN LIFTED

Please note that the boil water advisories for the Halfmoon Bay / Welcome Woods / Gibsons / Elphinstone areas have all been lifted.

State of Local Emergency

The State of Local Emergency has been extended for one week and will be active until midnight on Monday November 29. With additional rain in the forecast, the Evacuation Alert for properties in the Ocean Beach Esplanade area remains in effect at this time and will be re-assessed at the end of this week.

Emergency Operations Centres (EOC) Activation

The SCRD has activated an Emergency Operations Centre (EOC) to assist in coordinating resources as we deal with a number of water / flood related issues in the Region.

Please stay tuned to the SCRD on Facebook and the SCRD Website at www.scrd.ca/alerts for updates.

Update #19 at 2:15pm on Friday November 26.

Full update can be read HERE

Parks Update - November 26

Chaster House and Chaster Park remain closed at this time. This area suffered significant damage
during the recent floods and are not safe to access.

Despite numerous appeals from the SCRD, the public is still accessing trails in Cliff Gilker Park. SCRD
staff have surveyed some parts of the park and there are a number of bridges that are structurally
unsafe and have been closed off. Images of one of these bridges is below. These closures are for the
safety of the public.

Members of the public continue to park their vehicles in front of the main access gate. This gate is required not only for access by SCRD staff and contractors, but also BC Emergency Health Services as Cliff Gilker Park is used as a landing zone for Air Ambulance. Vehicles parked here may be towed.

Recycling Centres

Due to the unprecedented flooding and disruption to transportation, Recycle BC has informed the SCRD and depot operators throughout BC that they will be temporarily suspending collection of glass and Styrofoam. Thank you for your help by holding onto these materials until they can be accepted for recycling again. The other depot recycling materials are unaffected at this time.