SUNDAY
December 22, 1996

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Auditor
blasts
truck
Safety

By ian Nobile
News Reporter

AN auditor general’s
report on trucking safe-
ty states what any North
Shore resident familiar
with local trucking-
related fatalities already
knows — truck safety
enforcement programs
are inadequate.

Auditor General George Morfitt's
report on Motor Vehicle Branch
enforcement programs and truck
safety found that the programs are
not well-designed and not well-deliv-
ered.

If commercial wucks were al!
inspected, Morfitt figures one in five
trucks would be taken off the road
for a range of defects, the most sig-
nificant being faulty brakes.

Faulty brakes were the cause of
three fatal ruck accidents in the past
six years on steep North Shure roads.

The three enforcement programs
in place involve fixed weigh scales,
portable weigh scales and motor car-
rier safety audits.

Morfitt added that existing
enforcement programs leave certain
times of the day and areas of the
province poorly regulated.

West Vancouver Mayor Pat
Boname said it’s up to truckers to
make sure their vehicles are safe.

Random checks are useful but
hoping to catch truckers through
that process is a little like throwing a
bottle in the ocean.

She said the province won't pay
for truck inspecuon stations off the
Upper Levels Highway. The munici-
pality may have to rule chat trucks
must travel down Taylor Way, which
has a brake check area in place.

However, West Vancouver Coun.
Ron Wood said that after a fatal acci-
dent in which a dump truck struck
and killed a pedestrian at 22nd and
Marine in September, monitoring of
Taylor Way showed that some truck
drivers still don’t stop to check ther
brakes.

A joint: province-industry task
force to examine ways to improve
truck safety in B.C. has been asked to
complete its work by March 31.

See more on trucks on page 3.

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Finalization of
waterfront deal
top of wish list

By Michael Becker
News Editor

WEDNESDAY’S
announced purchase
of the Fullerton Fill
waterfront property
in North Vancouver
City realizes a 25-
year wish on the
part of Mayor Jack
Loucks to have
something useful
done with the land.

Greystone Properties

life p15

Let it snow

GROUSE Mountain operations supervizor Craig Bolt measures the snow depth. Mid-week the mountain recorded a whopping
299 centimetres (118 inches) of the cool white stuff. Local skiers and snowboarders are enjoying one of the best seasons ever.

reached agreement with the
Fullerton Lumber Compzny to
purchase the 65-acre (26-
hectare) parcel of prime real
estate.

Said Loucks of the deal, “I
think it’s wonderful, For many
years Pve campaigned on
development of Fullerton Fill.
Now it looks as though they're
ready to go ahead.”

The mayor would like to see
waterfront-associated marine
industries at the site.

“I hope ir will bring some
jobs in there and provide more
taxes for the city,” he said.

Loucks was on council dur-
ing 1970-1971 when the
Fullerton) Lumber Company
got permission to fill in what
was once a boom area for a
sawmill.

“They got freehold title to
the newly created land,”
Loucks said.

Fullerton bought the prop-
erty in the carly 1940s and
ceased operation some time in
the carly 1970s.

The property is located near
the foot of Fell Avenue in
North Vancouver City.

It includes close to 2,000
feet (610 metres) of water-
front.

Existing zoning allows for
water-related industrial uses.

Greystone Properties Ltd.
CEO David Pedmore said his
company will be iooking to
rezone the parcel to support a
broader range of industrial and
commercial uses.

See lnperial Oil page §

NORTH Vancouver City
Mayor Jack Loucks is
happy to see the sale of
the Fullerton property.

WEATHER

Monday: Periods of rain, mow
High 3°C, low -3°C.

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NEWS; photo Mike Wakefield