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duly 14, 1993 Distribution 986-1337

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News photo by Neil Lucente

NORTH YVANCOUVER'S Tony Humphries makes his way across the Lynn Canyon suspension bridge last
Saturday during the aptly named Knee-Knackering North Shore Trail Run. Humphries — who completed the
30-mile (48.6 km) run in a time of 5:53.23 — finished ninth overall, and third in the Masters Men (40-plus)
division. See page 18 in today’s sport section for a race summary.

Bets,

Steere
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$1.2B private-sector project floated as new N. Shore commuter

calls
island near

for tial projections made in 1990 and
updated in 1992,

“The creation ef this artificial
iskind vas be achieved very eco-
nomically as part of the crossing
construction process,’ said Bent-
zen.

“tt will provide a new, aterae-
five feature in Burrard Entet and
at the same ume will be the m:

a@ point neat the mnouth of Mackay Meanwhile, Bentzen

Creek on the North Shore, cast ot the creation of a new

the foot of Pemberton Avenue. Stanley Park. It would be built
Bentzen said the tuned would from fill removed during the cun-

then conacer with existing North ngt construction phase.

Vansouter street systens. Bentzen culls the proposed Coal
Phe tuanel provides for exten Harbor island, Brockton Island.

sion of the Sky Fea system to the He said a study canditeted by

North Shore and for three vehicle Royal LePage voncludes that

THE ENGINEER who directed the construction of dhe
Massey Tunnel beneath the Fraser River released a pro-
posal this week that would see a $1.2 billion wunnel built
under the Burrard Inlet.

Construction of a six-lane tune
nel to link the North Shore and
Vancouver would also entail the
creation of an ishinat just eust of

By Surj Rattan

News Reporter

rach direction.

Stanley Parkin the Coal Harbor
area, according 10 Elins Bentven,
president’ of Hans Benty:n and
Associates Ltd.

Bentzen said the tunnel would
be financed by .he private sector,

The tunnel provides a crossing
for both public transit and motor
vehicle traffic and wauld end the

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cot cai vet oe cera

necd to use the Starfey Dark
CUUSE Way os a drab lie artery,

As proposed, the tunnel Tellows
aoroute from Che duwntown Van-
area oO Burrara and Bute
streets, vast oof Stanley Park,
uider Coal Harbor, tnoder the
First Narrows shipping ebanael to

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traffic lanes in
On the south shore, Bentven
said: traffic would be carried in
tunnels under the city te an area
near the bridges crossing [alse
Creek. Access to the downtown
fancouver core would be provid-
edooby separate camps fo city
SEFCETS,

Oo Re 4 THE NO

ap
RR ried

profit generated from high-quality
residential and commercial reat
estate development on 100) acres
(40 hectares) of an approximately
(7S-sere (O-heectare) istand could
be enough to finance most of the
cost or the project.

Bentven said othe $1.2 bilion
cost of the tunadd ts booed on ini-

poeta | Neecitanene

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FOr
source of capital for financing the
project

He added that the propasal
would provide a fone-term sola.
tion to tratfig congestion problems
for Vaneouser and othe three
North Shore municipalities.

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