Progress is being made in Delta Beach for a subdivision located at the east of Hackberry Avenue.

RM of Portage la Prairie Deputy Reeve Garth Asham shares the latest.

Garth Asham"We encourage some plans like this because, usually, they turn out very well and we have a good relationship with the parties involved," says Asham. "They sign on to a development agreement which is designed under the RM’s development agreements and so everybody goes forward with it and hopefully everything works out well, which they have so far."

He notes the developer is moving further east on Hackberry, and it's quite early in the overall work at this point in time. Asham says he's sure the development will prove to be a positive reflection of the RM of Portage's agreement.

"And on that note," Asham adds, "if they want to change or do anything different, they have to come back and we have to readdress the development agreement. We've changed it a bit, but at the same time when you work with developers, sometimes they get into it and realize it's not what meets the eye. So, they come back and say, ‘Well, can we redo this in this way,’ and you generally were agreeable to those types of things."

Asham says he has confidence that the work will be done quite well.

"When it's work like this, you have to get everything that you have to do in the ground before it freezes up, of course," continues Asham. "And the paving... we have similar development agreements with other people and it meets the same requirements as any other paving project."