Frou page 3 planning. One more example: it’s a sorry stare of affairs thar the neighbourhoods with — the highest proportion of children —— Caulfeild, Cypress Park, West Bay, Sandy Cove and Hollyburn Heights — are still without 2 recreation centre and residents must travel outside of their areas to a community centre buile in 1958. Council members and citi- zens have expended a fot of time and energy on coming up with a good plan. The chal- lenge for the next council will be to expediently integrate recreational | facility projects into the next five-year capiral plan. On Tuesday, Durman went out of his way te convey the message that no priorities have been given to any of the items called for. Council apparenily does not want to fall into the trap of playing community fac- _ tons against cach other. Yet a fear of ‘stepping on . toes could léad to further inac- tion. Given that the moncy is there, decisions to go ahead :. should be: based on a principle - of the greatest immediate good ‘to those. most. in need. ‘This’ principle was ‘crushed into the rutted and - pitted phaltof: the Stanley. park useway, on the rosd to the jong Gate Bridge fiasco. As? the “existing upgrade — pln: stands, the bridge. will : -commuting choke | point, not .only. for? North - hore. residents, but for ‘the.: many who live ‘and play i in the - Howe : Sound.’ region and beyond, j North '-Shore ' politicians, ast Vancouver inclusive, had: ity. to. embrace a solution to the cross-" CAMPAIGN TRAIL ’99 the ball. it was false cconomy to go tor the feast expensive item on the list of Lions Gate Bridge options,-a_ refurbished bridge without rolls. The late Hans Bentzen, the man who built the Massey tun- nel, brought forward — the notion of a similar $1.2-billion structure to replace the Lions Gate Bridge. Vancouver parks officials had shown some support for a tunncl option as a way to bury the cars and reduce che destructive impact of traffic on Stanicy Park. The Bentzen plan was audacious but sound: build atunnel to bypass Stanley Park, construct an island in the har- bour from the seabed used and sell the newly created prime real estate to recover the cost of the tunnel. How about this glimpse of another missed bit of vision: A North Shore SkyTrain link to handle the growing demands ° of transportation. Consider the upcoming expansion at tourist attractions like Cypress Bowl, shopping centres like Park ‘Royal and the incremental growth in. population in the community and you get the picture. mn stil While West Varicouver had no problem rejecting tolls and the province’s own option of a two-lane bridge southbound and a two-hne runnel north- bound, there was no real lead- ership expressed in support of possible long-term solutions. ‘The bridge across the First Narrows gap remains a stop- gap measure. OF course all of this traffic has to come from somewhere, Development remains a prime issue in West Vancouver. The population has grown about 1% a year over the fast 15 years. In 1996, the population was 43,035. The Greater Vancouver Regional District projects the municipality will grow at about 0.7% a year over the next 25 years. There is not a large supply of readily devel- opable land left. What is avail- able is expensive to develop due to access constraints and steep terrain. West Vancouver statistics show exactly where the growth is: mostly in the upper reaches of the community — the Chartwell and British Properties _ neighbourhoods (8,805 in 1996 versus 7,315 in 1981); Caulfeiid and Cypress Park (5,570 in 1996 versus 3,175 in 1981). Other .. neighbourhoods, remain remarkable stable — Horseshoe Bay and Sunset (3,625 in 1996 versus 3,675 in’ 1981); Ambleside — and Dundarave (15,690 in 1996 versus 14,450 in 1981). , District planners see anoth- er 1,500 homes - (infill and redevelopment) - ossible in developed neighbourhoods. | CGLLISION SPECIALISTS fer Foreign & Domestic. OATH: SHORE’S HIGHEST VOLUME Richard Korije _ 200-1343 Lonsdale Ave., North Vancouver, 981-7602 -. jack Tell free 1-877-220-1108 * The so-called “upper lands” could) support another 4,000 new homes. 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