Tean't believe that we're led to think that the delay on the construction of the Lions Gate Bridge i is a “Good Thing!” Just because the Construction is taking far ‘ too long, with no real completion date and way over budget, I should be thank- "ful, When other projects in the private sec- tor are not completed on time, a penalty is lem people sh Prob Dear Editor: T could nor help, but put “pen to Paper, after readting the article drivers attacked,” by - Katharine Hamer, ‘August 23. [ fully agree with the secu-* rity concerns of | Dan , MacLeod, president of the , Canadian Auto “Workers i ” ‘Dear Editor: oargus eyed © white fringe > foin and armpit trumpeting. , acolytes wasn off clay +. Forninately, - ‘how too fate” “to have any topical reterence, » T have been urged co ‘mail in my knee-jerk reaction to your J article of Aug. 18 on Nanao Sakaki, ; Granted, the proms only Pay. those ‘Dear Edito I was indee disturbed by: the NSN editorial of Aug. 23, “Dam. disturbing.” The need to repair.the Cleveland Dam a5: been: agreed to. by .all takeholders, including the spokesperson of the 50 homes which would be most impzct- ‘ed. by this, task. Yes, seepage has been a‘problem since the dam was built,’ but this. is common to all dams. It is the nature and rate of. change of : “the seepage that has recently mandated ‘a’ timely ‘response. The. safety of. our residents, . and, the: ‘security of the irre- headline entertain- “North Van bus | ‘Union: — Logal 111 The ‘ —— MAIL Bo oiten imposed: Why not now? A few vears ago, the contractors got paid extra when they supposedly completed renovations to the Iron Workers Memorial Bridge (2nd Narrows) earlier than expected. How can we leta miscalculation in construction get away unpunished? [ feel punished by the construction delays, every dav! | thought the expertise of these companies isin dith- ld pay price physical safety of both drivers and the travelling public must be addressed, and this must be done as as quickly as feasible! ; As\.recommended by Mr. MacLeod, “a presence and surveillance cameras at bus loops...” “ «would certainly ‘be “a good start. Pethaps if problems still a uniformed g i occur, people causing the problem: must pay a heavy fine. : Perhaps some | North _ Shore .News readers, who used public’ transit system verseas, cant give some input as to hew such problems were solved overseas. The more positive input we have, the better we can solve this cult situation construction, not “let’s try this and see if ic works. If not, let’s try something else.” professionals do the job, and get it done on time, doing whatever it takes. At least that’s in my world. Brian Wawzonek bwaz@compt.com North Vancouver In the real world, the problem. In conclusion, on a posi- tive note J found the bus dri- vers to be extremely courte- ous, and do a fine job under hectic traffic conditions. I hope for everyone's sake that this safety issue will be solved soon. G.G. Dax-Kullak North Vancouver in naval- -gazing chattering _ ‘ment, but. where: on either. : page 13 or 20 of that date’s _ paper’ was ,anything resem- ling the implication of a, Ad *| poetry’ to be found; where -* aay semblance of that syncax, ‘meter, rhyme and cadence implicit in poetic art? 1 found childish vulgarity and a calen- dar-maxim already long in the public domain as “See no evil, Hear no ‘evil, Speak no evil,” but nowhere in this laudatory over-exposure did I find anything resembling the disturbed placeable | water supply would ¢ at risk if this repair did not take place in the near future. > Meeting the | future water needs of those up the Fraser . Valley, from water sources closer to them is wise, but it does little to address our cur- rent needs..For the foresce- able future there is no alterna- tive deliverable water source to ‘the Capilano watershed, which currently . supplies about, 40% of the water for the region. The concerns of the imme- diate neighbours can easily be addressed, not by. building | Register now. for NVRC- progams and services! " talent ‘ofa Coleridge, Pope, Shakespeare or even Frost; nothing quotable, nothing to dinger in the mind or on the lips down ensuing centuries; only .a couple of offerings: resulting from a surfeit of solitary naval-gazing, intro- spection or overly synthe- * sized peach juice. Whatever word describes such outpourings, it is not “poctry;” nor even as blank verse does it) attempt to approximate the skill of a by dam more roads and cutting more trees but by simply compen- - sating them appropriately. A figure of $500/month for cach -of the 50 impacted homes, during times of con- struction, might be a good place to start such’ negotia- tions. This amounts to less than 1% of the toral project costs. Any unnecessary delay threatens the security of the watershed, the. safety of our residents fiving downstream of the dam, and the health of the larger community. Corrie Kost North Vancouver prose-form known as Haiku. And so, though the accompa- nying photograph bore some resemblance to The Adoration, since the author himself attests that his offer- ings are merely “chattering.” let us not confer upon them the venerable tithe of poetry when they are as far removed from that art’ form as are newspaper cartoons from works by Hogarth. Jean Gowland West Vancouver ONDTHEIN Ey _bipilywwsnews.com. 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