2- Friday, March 24, 1989 - North Shore News

Doug Collins
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Home & Garden

“This important document is
part of the iransportation pla:
done by the GVRD and probzob:y
one of the most important plan-
ning exercises done in the past 30
years,"’ West Vancouver Mayor
Don Lanskail said.

Identifying the traffic ger crated
by B.C. Ferries as one of ihe ma-
jor causes of problem on the
highway, the task fozce recom-
mended increased storage space for
vehicles waiting for ferries as well
as more and proper pz;king facili-
ties.

But relocation of the Horseshoe
Bay ferry would re the long-term
solution, accordir:p to the report.

Whistler and Cypress Bowl Pro-
vincial Park were identified as the
other major sources of highway
traffic.

The curren: situation, according
to the repost, would also be ex-

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‘Transportation Task Force

By MAUREEN CURTIS
Contributing Writer

acerbated by plans to provide
another access to the Interior by
paving the Duffey Lake Road.

Though Cypress Bow! Road
above the municipal works yard is
maintained by the provincial
highways department, no
maintenance work has been done
on the road below the yard except
for snow clearing by both
municipal and parks department
contractors, the report pointed
out.

But this could change as more
private development is built along
the municipal portion of the road,
al which time a cost-sharing ar-
rangement between the province
and municipality may be negoti-
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GREATER VANCOUVER EFFORT
Task foree makes recommendations

to ease Viest Van traffic problems

THE GREATER Vancouver
addressed West Vancouver’s unique transportation prob-
lems Monday night in its repo: to district council.

Wesi Vancouver's unique trans-
portation situation also results
from its elongated shape, rugged
topography and _ predominantly
residential nature.

Traffic volumes are low on most
streets, the report stated, though
work is needed to provide vehicle
movement through, rather than
within, West Vancouver.

The task force recommended ei-
ther a third crossing over Burrard
Inlet or an expansion of Lions
Gate Bridge, with provision for
rapid transit.

Problems with Taylor Way and
Marine Drive congestion might be
solved with a direct, limited-access
highway between Vancouver and
the Upper Levels Highway, ac-
cording to the task force report,
though some of the properties that
could have been used to implement
such an idea have already been
given up by the provincial gov-
ernment.

A new four-lane Capilano River
crossing could reduce some of the

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congestion for westbound traffic
wanting to turn right at Taylor
Way but currently being backed up
on the existing two-lane bridge by
through traffic on Marine Drive
and traffic turning left to Park
Royal.

The task force recommended a
priority bus lane on Marine Drive
from 13th Street to the Lions Gate
Bridge and left-turn lanes in each
direction on Taylor Way at Keith
Road and Inglewood Avenue.

Further negotiations between the
provincial government and
Squamish [ndian Band are re-
quired to complete further work
on the Low Level Road in North
Vancouver.

Where the road would intersect
with Marine Drive in West Van-
couver has yet to be determined.
West Vancouver District Council
believes it should terminate at Park
Royal and be classified as a sec-
ondary highway that would qualify
for accompanying provincial fund-
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