By Francisco Canjura - Castlegar News Published: June 23, 2009
B.C. Lottery Corporation and City of Castlegar officials have no idea why the construction of the gaming centre has been delayed. Greg Walker manager of public affairs for the B.C. Lottery Corporation (BCLC) said they are checking into how the delay will affect the time line of construction. “The delays are construction oriented,” said Walker. He assured that the hold up is not because of BCLC or City of Castlegar regulations. “It’s not an issue of any of the regulation and it’s not an issue at city hall either. “We have a resolution supporting this facility from the City of Castlegar and BCLC certainly intends to proceed with the project, we just need to get a grip on the nature of the beast that we’re dealing with,” he said. Walker said at the moment neither he or BCLC have a time line of when construction will begin let alone when the centre will be operational. Castlegar Mayor Lawrence Chernoff said he doesn’t know what the hold up is either.
Chernoff said they’ve had some contact with Terrim Properties owner Terry Segarty, however he has given the city little information on why the project has been delayed. “All his drawings are not finished to our understandings, but we’re really at a point were (it’s really in BCLC’s hands) the city has little or nothing to say,” he said. He said the city, too, has no idea when construction on the project will begin. “All I know is that BCLC has been in contact with the operator and we’re hoping that we will hear some news in the next couple of weeks that something is going on or what the plan is, that’s my expectation,” he said. The News tried contacting Segarty, but we were unable to get ahold of him by deadline.
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