No gas tax money for the weir

The CVRD’s application for money from the Feds to raise the weir at Lake Cowichan has been denied.

The money would have been used to pay for one third of a multi-million dollar project that would help with growing local drought issues.

Cowichan-Malahat-Langford MP Alistair MacGregor says raising the weir is only viable long-term solution..

MacGregor says he will continue to work with the CVRD and other local governments to push the Liberals to include the project in the infrastructure budget.