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Vancouver Park Board says yes to
wider lanes; opponents take to trees

Michel Camie

Contributing Writer

THE Vancouver Park Board voted to widen the
Stanley Park causeway Monday night despite atten
by one of its members to disrupt the meeting.

The vote was held hastily, amid the clamour of a dozen wahappe protest-
ers and an attempted filibuster by fellow com toner Roslyn Cassels who
read through an inch thick stack of corre:

spondence approximately 200 letters: from
people opposing more vehicle craftic
through the park,

In her speech, selly demonized
and accused fellow vinmisloners of failing,
in their duty to preserve the park.

“Traffic safety is not the responsibility of
the park board,” she said.

“Lord Stanley donated the park lands tor
the enjoyment of all peepte, not all cars.”

In support of the causeway expansion
plan, commissioner Christopher Richardson
suggesica people ty to took at the big pic-
ture — the forest eather than’ individual
trees. In exchange for the lost four foot wide ,
strip of green space along the causeway, the NEWS photo Cindy Goodman
Chilco bus loop will become three acres of | COMMISSIONER Roslyn
park land. Environment-triendly clectric Casselis opposed plan.

will be coined into the park to make it
sible and cars wail be entirely banned fom the park within 30 years.
5-million cau facelift will result in the cutting of about 40
trees in the park. The extra 6.6 metres (two feet) per lane is expected to
reduce accidents along the causeway by a third and save ICBC $2 million in
accident claims over three years.
Outside the meeting room after the vote, the Society Promoting

¢ Decision pared

isqualified hockey team
considers playing in court

Bob Mackin

Sports Reporter bmackin@nsnews.com

A North Vancouver hockey team may go to court so
it can return to the rink.

The North Vancouver Tier [ Juvenile AAA team was disqualified from the
playoffs by the B.C. Amateur Hockey Association because its coaches were not
certified by the Canadian Hockey Safety Program. The seven-hour course must

: be completed every three years by those responsible for a team’s safety, first aid
NEWS photo Jutie Iverson and risk management.

LYNN Vatley resident Mike Flynn (with ball cap) chats with “Bigfoot” on Tuesday morning at the
base of a tree near the Stanley Park causeway. They were among a group opposed to the
Vancouver Park Board move Monday to back the widening of the causeway.

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