| Warship protest

ACT FOR Disarmament peace activists occupied
Capitano-Howe Sound MP Mary Collins Thursday afternoon. The group, angered by the presence of
USS Constellation in Vancouver barbor, secured a meeting with

the nuctear-capable aircraft carrier

Collins’ assistant Pam Glass (lett).

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NEWS photo Nail Lucente
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ACT for Disarmament spokesperson Brian Salmi (right foreground) negotiates with

WESTVIEW LOOP VERSUS DIAMOND
Homeowners, highways ministry
face off over interchange design

RESIDENTS living near the Westview Drive and Upper
Levels Highway intersection Rave resurrected long-simmer-

ing opposi

on to one of the two proposed desiens for the

new hivhway interchange at Westview.

The provingial highways
minkiry has settled on two possi-
ble desiuns for the interchange: the
Diamond or the Loop.

And while the overall costs of
the two are similar, ministry of-
ficlals have said the latter is
technically superior.

But areca residents represented bs
HALO (Homeowners Against the
Loop Option) say the Loop design
would have a far greater negative

environment and

Wapast on area
lite than ihe

overall quality. of
Diamond.

As oof Fuesday. HALO
Spokesman Rosemiurs Roberts said
she had) cofiected Pol stunatures
from area residents supporting the
Diamond design and only two in
favor of the boop.

“The upinion seems to be,"
said, ‘why build the boop?) We
don't need i."

A final decision on which of the

mwo designs will be chosen is ex.
pected to be miatde in the next four
tosis weeks. following ministers
re-evaluation of the two desire.

But Roberts says the ministrs
will chonse the Doop unless a rear
dent outery is tied now.

HAIG has opposed the Toop
oplion since if wis first proposed
in J9YSS. But the sroup disbanded
following public mectines held
Oct. Hand '2. 198s,in which res-
ident opinion was, according toa

subsequent report prodtced by
Harvey Research Dtd.. relatively
events split berseen the Leaop and
the Diane.

Bur im a fetter to Traasportanon
and Highways Minister Neil Vant.
Koberts points to information in
the report that she says does not
support dat conclusion,

For example, 74 per cent of
respondents said the Loop would
See Loop
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