Bridge
game
began
in 1993

If all had gone well since
then, we’d be fess than two
years away from welcoming a
new crossing.

“The ministry anticipates a
decision on the crossing in
early 1954 to meet a five-year
target for planning, design and
construction,” said an opti-
mistic Charbonneau.

Boonc said tolls are still
being looked at as an option to
pay fer = bridge, but not the
coin-tossing, traffic-stopping
variety. Instead, electronic
devices are being considered.

Boone added that the gov-
emment — which has been
under fire for racking up deficit
after deficit after promising
surpluses in the past two years
— has applied pressure or: the
ministry to keep its debt under
control.

The four-lane bridge
option still in the running has
the support of a 19-member
Lions Gate community focus

group.

Cliff Matthews, a North
Vancouver resident and mem-
ber of the public focus group,
said the group preferred a four- -
lane bridge, the existing bridge
alignment and keeping the
road above ground as it passes
through Stanley Park.

The ministry has pinned
the costs of such a project at
$135 million.

Boone deemed the focus
group’s report important
because it provides insight into
the community’s wants and
choices.

“I think ic was a good
report,” she said.

West Vancouver-Garibaldi
Liberal MLA Ted Nebbeling
said he would agree to a four-
lane proposal as long as the
government gets moving on
the project.

Nebbeling added that he
would not object to tolls of
approximately $2 if North
Shore residents are given a
break. He said local com-
muters making 600 trips a year
would be charged a steep
$1,200 if rate reductions aren’t
provided.

It’s not only harried com-
muters who want a decision on
the bridge: construction and
engincering firms dogged by a
government freeze on capital
spending, need the work.

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Earlier testimony involved
an upset woman who said she
was only there because she was
threatened with jail if she did
not show. The woman was
called to give “similar fact” evi-
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