Al2 - Wednesday, September 12, 1984 - North Shore News

FOR SEVEN PER CENT INCREASE

Councils back transit requ:

THE NORTH Shore Handidart service, which pro-
vides custom transportation for those who can’t
use regular transit, is asking the B.C. Transit Com-
mission for a budget increase of seven per cent.

As there have been no in-
creases for the past two
years, United Way Chair-
woman Anita Dadson says
this would work out to a two

per cent per year increase,
which is still, ‘'...inadequate
to meet need.””

Duart Maclean, Manager
of Handidart North Shore,
says that five service refusals
are made a day and that the
organization’s abiltiy to meet
current demand is being tax-
ed to the limit.

Therapeutic swim classes
have been left without ser-
vice while service to Lions
Gate Hospital rehabilitation

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programs often fall behind
demand, he said.

In a submission to Larry
Ward, operations supervisor
of B.C. Transit, Maclean

suggested that a spare vehicle
could be put to better use for
an additional 40 hours per
week.

The cost of this proposal
would be $14.50 an hour,

which works out to $580 a
week, or about $30,000 a
year.

North Shore Handidart
won the support of North
Vancouver City Council,
Monday-

North Vancouver District
and West Van councils have
also supported the service in

its request. .

Mayor Jack Loucks in-
formed Dadson that the B.C.
Transit’s sub committee on
custom transit, of which he is
chairman, unanimously
voted to support the increase
at its last meeting. Loucks
said that he would talk to
Vancouver Regional Transit
about the situation.

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