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Concern about
bridge, roads

Dear Editor:

OPEN LETTER TO
HIGHWAYS
MINISTER ALEX FRASER

Iam moved towriteto you
and your Ministry
concerning three areas of
concern to myself and, no
doubt, countless others.

1. The Lions Gate Bridge.
When are you going fo finish
what you have started?
Surely now that the

preliminary work appears to
have been done, and part
already made wider, it is
time to finish the job. The
deck appears to be in‘a very
worn state.

2. The Taylor Way/Upper
Levels Intersection.. What a
mess! It was better (for
Taylor Way users) eight
years ago before the “mess”
was built. One wondered at
the time what was going on
‘when one side of the bridge
supports were taken down
after they were put up. Who
paid for that mistake? ¢

And now as I am told to
stop by no less than nine.(9)
red lights goimg north or
south — why, I ask, wasn't
aa ordinary cloverleaf (even
with tight turns) installed?

Often I am the only vehicle
going north or south in the
early morning, yet I am
faced with nine red lights
saying not to proceed, and I
am the only car in sight.

You may have very highly
qualified and dedicated
engineers in your
department, but there is very
little evidence they were
used here.

3. The Squamish
Highway. I suggest the most
recent and tragic problems
were caused by poor logging
practices high up on the
mountains. If the
government had properly
regulated this or, better sal,
not allowed any logging on
the

west side of any
mountains above’ the
highway, you probably

would not be faced with the
situation which now exists. It
is so elementary — remove
the foliage and the dirt will
move when it rains! Seldom

has this ‘factor been
discussed in the press.
Your respons¢ to these

expressed concerns is most
eagerly awaited.

Victor Warren
West Vancouver

Respect for property
vital to civilization

Dear Editor:
OPEN LETTER TO
WEST VANCOUVER
COUNCIL

Thank Lord we are

already proud owners of the —

best play , pleasure , and

fun grounds on this earth. I —

should know well because |
circled our globe.

However, now is the time
to concentrate your valuable
efforts as well as our ever
more precious tax money on
badly needed bread and
butter issues, and not to use
more public energy on

felling new forests for ever-
increasing paperwork.

We all will be surprised
what will happen this year
and next; we better close
ranks and stay together for
survival.

And let us have more
respect for property, the
fruit of individual
achievement, which © still
remains a basic human right
of our society. Without that
our western civilization will
wither and cease to exist.

All the best for all of us
Alfred R. Rothe, Drjur.
West Vancouver

Dear Editor:

Your front page of the
Sunday issue, Jan. 3, 1982
was most impressive:
“Demands Mount for New
Squamish Route.” I am also
sure that your statistics are
correct re: “From January !,
1978 to October 31, 1981
there were 164 accidents in
the Horseshoe Bay to Sunset
Creek bridge section of the
highway alone.” What you
neglected to mention was
the fact that most of these
accidents occurred because

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of HUMAN ERROR.
The road 3s pot the finest

highway that British
Columbia has to offer, but it
is not the worst cither. lt
would be sice if there was a
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but the people must realize
by now that thr won't
happen for quite some time.
What is necded
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drivers themselves that do
the policing of their own
driving habits. .
As most of the causes of
the accidents on Highway 99
are human error, with more
cautious and courteous
drivers on the highway, we
can make it a safer and more
pleasant road to drive.
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