12 - Wednesday, March 30, 1994 - North Shore News

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PARLEER THIS week the new Sky Train evtenstin inte Surrey was
vpened to the pablic. The three aew stations have turaed the cus.
mute front central Surrey to downtown Vancouver into a 38-minute
ride on the Adyaneed Light Rapid Transit (ALR ET) system, ‘Phe esti-
inated cost af the 4.3 km (2.6 nile eatension was $127 milton, With
the ongoing discussion about what ta do with the aging Lions Gute
Bridge, the idea of incorporating rapid transit into any bridge

replacement has been meationed repeatedly. Because the North

Shore has the slowest growth rate of any Lower Mainland municipal.
ity, the Greater Vancouver Regionnd ‘istrict (GVRD) feels rapid
transit should not come here, Advocates claim transi€ will be used on
alarge scale only iP itis economical und efficient, bul that we have to
gel people oul of their cars, Critics say itis loo ane nioney to spead
ona slow paputition growth rate when we aleesdy have 4 ndequace
services that could simply he upgraded, When Lious Gate Bridge is
rebuilt or replaced, 1 coahl accommodate rapid (ransit, Sa...

Aevin
Gillies

INQUIRING REPORTER

Joel Depourey

North Vancouver

{t only makes sense to
extend the SkyTrain to
the North Shore if it ser-
vices Howe Sound com-
munities and beyond.

Bruce Klobchar

North Vancouver

i think we should put
our money into improv-
ing the SeaBus system.
There should be more
sailings and = more

Kristin Valka
Vancouver

I don’t think it would be
worth it antil there are
more SkyTrain lines or
extensions. More
SexBuses woutd help

Rick Smith

North Vancouver

} don't think so. | think
the transit system is
goad enough and the
SeaBus is really effi-
cient,

Should rapid transit be extended to the North Shore?

Alex Lachelii

North Vancouver

Yes | do because with
the current system there
is atime limit on when
and where you can go.

routes. until then.

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