2- Sunday, November 13, 1988 — West Vancouver villager

ie opened, ribbon cut.

at two Seawalk celebrations

CELEBRATIONS TOOK place at both ends of the West
Vancouver Seawalk on Saturday, Nov. 5.

At 10 a.m., the West Vancouver.
Youth Band provided the musical
backdrop for the official opening
of the Ambleside landing at the
foot of 14th Street.

Construction of the $460,000
landing, which includes a plaza
and fountain, fishing pier, pleasure
craft boat launch and emergency
boat landing float, began in the
spring.

A highlight of the opening was
Howe Sound-Capilano MP Mary
Collins’. announcement that the

ing were West Vancouver Mayor
Don Lanskail, several West Van-
couver aldermen, West Van-
couver-Howe Sound MLA John
Reynolds, West Vancouver Foun-
dation vice-chairman Peter Finch,
Kay Meek of the Kay Meek Foun-
dation and Peter Bagshaw, chair-
man of the Parks and Recreation
Advisory Committee.

The opening ceremonies includ-
ed the unveiling of three plaques
on the site: one from the Kay
Meek Foundation, which donated

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federal government will provide 50 -

per cent of the $250,000 cost of a
fishing pier off the landing.

West Vancouver’ Director. of
Parks and Recreation Frank
Kurucz says construction of the
150-foot pier will likely start this
spring and finish within a. few
months, The municipality will
make up the remaining 50 per cent
of the funding needed. :°

| Also in attendance at the open-

$75,000 to the project, one from
the West Vancouver Foundation,
through which former West Van-
couver. resident Roy Wrigley be-
queathed to the landing $200,000,
and one plaque, describing the his-
tory of the site, which was unveiled
by Jack Leyland, president of the
West Vancouver Museum and His-
torical Society.

Additional project funding in-
cluded $25,000 from the B.C, Lot-

tery Fund. The municipality made
up the remaining cost of the land-
ing construction.

Following the opening of the

landing, dignitaries and spectators
were bused to the $800,000
Seawalk extension which runs be-
tween 24th and 25th Streets.
That ribbon-cutting ceremony
marks the completion of the
western part of West Vaicouver’ Ss
Seawalk. The ribbon was’ cut by
Mayor Lanskail’s son Bruce Lan-

skail, who cut the ribbon for the
‘first portion of the walk in 1967

when he was seven years old.
Much of the ceremony took

. place in Peppi’s restaurant due to

the torrential downfall that took
place Saturday morning.

The only: remaining section of
the Seawalk left incomplete is be-
tween [4th and 18th Streets, where
some lots are still privately owned.

Kurucz estimates it will be a good |

20 years before the municipality
will be able to continue the
Seawalk uninterrupted through
these blocks — ‘‘it’s a long pro-
cess’* — but in the meantime, he
says, West Van will be developing
parks and trails in pockets

throughout the section that will

connect both halves of the walk.

Property added to park reserve

FOUR PROPERTIES ° on Arsyle “Avenue have officially
become part of West Vancouver’s park reserve, following
final adoption of the appropriate amendment bylaw at a
West Vancouver District Council special meeting Nov. 2.

‘The: land at 1420, 1430, 1716
and 1734 Argyle belongs to the
district, and is intended for the
eventual expansion of the seawalk.

The district. now’. owns three

: properties in the 1400 block, eight

in the 1500 block and four in the
1700 block..”’

The most recent acquisitions are

the’ 2700 block properties ex-
propriated’*from . the Cragg

brothers. of Thorcon Enterprises -

for $800,000, and the land pur-

chased from the Collins family for.

900,

Ald. Pat Boname was’ very
pleased: to make the motion Oct.
“ 31 to include these lands | ‘in the
:, district’s park reserve.

“This is a most signifi icant

move, and one of the little things
that makes this job worthwhile,”
she added.

Although the seawalk expansion

-is well supported by West Van-

couver residents, there was. some
concern expressed with the ex-
propriation, which will cost over
$800,000.

With intentions of building a
duplex, the Craggs acquired the

- property - when. negotiations be-

tween the former owner and the
municipality broke down. .

A legal battle ensued between
Thorcon and . the. municipality,
which held to the long-term policy

of acquiring the waterfront lands
in Ambleside for seawalk. In the -

end, the Craggs were paid
$800,000 plus legal expenses for
the land. -

The cost of purchasing the Col-
lins property was also high, but as

vit borders on John Lawson Park, it

is considered the most valuable lot
on the block. ~ .

As part of the purchase agree-
ment, the Collins | will continue to
live in their house, rent free, for

two years.

The house on the Thorcon
property was torn down, however,
and the land will be grassed in, as
will the two new. purchases in the
1400 block.

The other municipally-owned
waterfront properties are being
back to .the occupants.

Some of the leases come due at the

end of this year, while others will”

fast for the lifetime of the occu-
pants.

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NEAR THE LANDING

Traffic

pattern

changes made

DEVELOPMENT of Ambleside Landing at the foot of |)

14th Street has necessitated changes to the traffic patterns
in the area around the waterfront.

Argyle Avenue has become a
one-way, westbound street from

‘ 13th to i6th, following a deci-

sion made at a recent meeting
of ‘West Vancouver District
Council.

There is a barrier at 14th,
however, such that traffic from
13th must turn up to the north.

Sixteenth street will also be
one way, northbound, from
Argyle Avenue to. Bellevue
Avenue.

“This arrangement should
result in a simpler and cheaper
intersection installation at [5th
Street, and will allow motorists
looking for parking on Argyle
to drive two blocks without be-

ing forced back to Bellevue,”
Director of Operations Barry
Lambert said in. his Oct. 17
report to council. .

This is a change from the
previous arrangement council
authorized in May, which. per-
mitted one-way Argyle traffic
westbound from 13th to 15th,
and eastbound from 16th to
15th.

Council also decided not to —
reinstate the left-turn’ prohibi-
tion on Marine Drive at 15th, :
which was removed during
Ambleside Revitalization... :

ON NOVEMBER 19th, 1968.

RE- ELECT |
PAT BONAME

FOR ALDERMAN |

An active knowledgeable concemed:
. citizen of West. Vancouver_ we

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