Belmont GC Latest Langley Course Affected By TransMountain Pipeline Project
Belmont GC, Part Of The West Coast Golf Group, Will Be Closed Until Next Summer
By Brad Ziemer, British Columbia Golf
Tee times in Langley figure to be tough to come by the next few months as another area course is forced to close temporarily due to the TransMountain pipeline expansion project.
The West Coast Golf Group says Belmont Golf Course will close in mid-October and is not expected to re-open until sometime next summer.
“Construction of the pipeline is scheduled to be complete by June 2023, with the course needing a period of recovery before re-opening,” WCGG said in a weekend message to its customers.
“We will advise everyone of our anticipated re-opening date as soon as we are able.”
Belmont’s Langley neighbour, Redwoods Golf Course, has been closed since April for pipeline work. Redwoods had hoped it might be able to re-open sometime this fall, but its website now says it will remain closed “through mid-2023.”
Two other Langley courses, Fort Langley Golf Course and Pagoda Ridge Golf Course, are not being impacted by the pipeline project. But Pagoda’s new owners, who plan to take the course private and rebrand it as Green Tee Country Club, have said they will temporarily close the course at some point as they make improvements to transition to a private facility.
Like Redwoods, Belmont plans to use the closure to carry out a number of course improvement projects. Belmont is the third Fraser Valley course to be impacted by the pipeline expansion project.
Ledgeview Golf Club in Abbotsford remained open but had to shorten and re-route its course during pipeline construction that was completed earlier this summer.