ae The. é proposed construction _of a- multiplex ,sports: centre: onthe PNE grounds” will ‘seriously. add to” traffic congestion: .on- Second . Narrows _ bridge and the: North Shore. That Was the main’ conclu- sion of a submission to North Vancouver City council, _ Monday — night" from Ernie Crist. - Crist approached _ the council with the recommen: dation.. that the Greater _ Vancauver Regional District be asked to locate the new . multiplex in Burnaby rather “than at the PNE grounds. Crist said the: location of | the complex on the _PNE grounds would cause prob- - ‘lems that~would be ‘‘mind- bogegling,”’ and ‘staggering to contemplate.”’ _ North Van City to’ f - total oat “Page 12, May 16, 1979 - North Shore News “He said | ‘population in- creases in Vancouver over the next decade. will. come from the..outlying areas and this will add to the.transpor- tation problems of the North Shore. L City council decided to place the question~of the location of the multiplex on the next policy committee meeting agenda. _ Alderman Gary Payne said. council must address itself to the location of the multiplex, - and agreed that as the . population increases, more congestion. will result on the First and Second Narrows bridges. - Alderman Gordon ~ Cross noted there was the lack of a integrated approach, transportation included, to the location of the. multiplex. ws apply for funding North _ Vancouver City ‘council has approved an | application for funding for two projects. under a new provincial program. |‘ The Community Services Contribution Program (CSCP) provides for a wide range of community - im- provement projects at the neighbourhood level, and is totally administered by the province. At’ the regular ° "council meeting, approval was given to apply for 50 per cent funding of the Lower Lonsdale project, and the Queen Mary Community. school upgrading. The City would pay the other 50 per cent of projects costs. The total cost of the Lower Lonsdale project would. be $79,500 which would cover topsoil, seeding Retailers: expand your shop window! 133,232 people on the North Shore could see this message. It could be your ad. Call display advertising 980-0511 and planning of a five acre waterfront park. The $14,500 total cost of the Quéen” Mary project would cover the upgrading of the school for community park purposes. Applications for the fund- ing had to be submitted by May 11, and approved projects have to be wholly completed by no later than February 1, 1979. 1’ ’ ‘Road. "WINNER OF THE GRAND AWARD for bed design in last weekend's Variety club Bed Racing Championship | in Vancouver. was this Royal Bank entry: designéd to appeal to children along the route. Hidden under the cow (left) is: ‘none other than Herb Mitchell, manager of the Royal’s Capilano Mall branch. The race earned approximately $15,000 for the ‘Vancouver Children’s toi North Vancouver District council agreed Monday to adopt the bylaw: amendment which will permit the of the site at the northeast corner of the Lynn' Valley and Mountain Highway intersection for real estate office and, on the major part of the site, premises for the Lynn Valley” Racquet Club. This was a proposal which had earlier run into op- position at a public hearing by environmentalists, who saw a grave pollution danger Special reen light or racquet club for a creek in which a fish habitat had been reestablished. Council had meanwhile taken special care to ensure that the developers adopted every precaution to. ensure that the creek would remain _ uncontaminated during the “construction period and thereafter. aboe t 1 During the public hearing many residents of the area had spoken favourably of allowing the proposed construction to proceed. 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