[July 11, 2018 update: construction has been further delayed. Please click here for the most recent article]

Despite two years of delays construction has begun on the first Tim Hortons franchise west of Langford.

Underway on a property referred to as the 'gravel pit,' the fast food eatery – complete with a drive-through – and an accompanying Esso gas station will operate on T'sou-ke First Nation land in the 6000-block of Sooke Road across from Saseenos Elementary School.

Construction is expected to wrap up by mid-2018.

News of a Sooke Tim Hortons first appeared in February of 2016 with an opening date set for the fall of that year, which was later pushed back to the spring of 2017.

An earlier proposal closer to Sooke's town centre by developer Three Point Properties had envisioned a Tim Hortons in the 6500-block of Sooke Road. The concept was eventually sidelined, or at least placed on-hold, with its last municipal engagement in 2013. C

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