4 NORTH SHORE OWNED AND MANAGED | March 6, 1987) News OSS-2131 0 Classified O86@-6222 Discabution 9860-1337 80 pages 2S "NEWS photo Stuart Davis THE LIGHTS from traffic on Lions Gate Bridge flow together to form a stream. It has been almost one year since the decorative lights on the bridge were installed. North Shore News photographer Stuart Davis was able to achieve this effect by taking ‘he picture, using a tripod on a two-minute exposure on aperture setting £.16, from the top of the Capilano building in the Woodcroft complex in West Vancouver. ater, Water main drains profits: 3 Dine rocks South PAGE 17 out tonight PAGE 18 MAORI Spo | Prediction of chiid's accident comes true AN ACCIDENT March 1, in which a nine-year-old boy was hit by a ear on Inglewood Avenue, comes less than a week after Cedardale residents predicted just such an event unless the Third Street access to the Upper Levels Highway was opened. A delegation of Cedardale resi- dents appeared before West Van- couver District Council Monday to protest the closure of the Third Street highway access. Many were feeling inconve- nienced at having to drive east to ‘T urge you to take such action immediately in an effort to help preserve the safety of our children.’’ — Letter from local resident Diane Clough to West Vancouver Council, Taylor Way to get on the highway. But a number of parents were more concerned with the resulting increased traffic down [Inglewood Avenue. Gary Dean, an Inglewood Avenue resident, was ane of those who predicted an accident involv. ing a child would vecur, Six days later. a boy, playing by the rowdside, was struck by a car on Inglewood, Just west of the new Inglewood Bridge. ‘Fhe child sus- tained minor injuries. Dean called for “an immediate reopening of the Third Street ex- it,” in his March 2 letter to district council, “Lurge you to take such action immediately ino an effort to help preserve the safety of our children,” wrote another local res- ident, Diane Clough. Clough also referred to a letter from the Minister of the Depart- ment of Highways, ‘‘stating very clearly that the request to close the By MAUR CURTIS Contributing Writer Third Street access came from the municipality and was nat at their insistence."* The closure has been cited as just one step in the ministry’s plans to eventually close down all of the accesses (other than overpasses) to the Upper Levels Highway. At the March 2 district meeting, council referred Dean and WEST VANCOUVER Alderman Mark Sager...°*(the road) is excep- tionally narrow and dangerous."* Cluugh’s letters fo othe Public Works Committee for the staff report they requested at the previous meeting. Ald. Mark Sager added that he had had another look at the situa- tion on Inglewood Avenue. “Particularly near the crest of the hill, (the road) is exceptionally narrow and dangerous. | hope the committee will look at finding a resolution to this problem,’’ Sager said.