MAPLEWOOD | | BUSINESS
operators are concerned the

planned $7.3-million re-routing —

of the Dollarton Highway will
limit access to a busy commer-
cial area at the Second Narrows
gateway. to North. Vancouver
District,
. . : ES
NORTH VANCOUVER
DISTRICT COUNCIL

By Martin Millerchip

“Tf the flow of traffic ales ong a major

artery wer all that a neighborhood :

consisted of, then there would be no
need for discussion. Buta neighbor-
hood consists of businesses, people
and other streets,” Dr. Moe Milstein
told council Monday. ,

Milstein operates the Blueridge-

Cove Animal Hospital on Riverside -

Drive and is worried that closure of

Riverside Drive (West) will “‘compro- >

mise the safety of the people working :

vina high-risk area.”
CXY © Chemicals (Canadian
“ Occidental) manufactures chlorine on
its site at 100 Amherst.
Milstein presented a petition with
175 signatures opposed to the the clo-
sure’ of the: Riverside Drive (West)
intersection. The proposal to close the
intersection was first presented to the
_ public in May.1993 as part of a plan to
upgrade the DollartonHighway. and
.access CXY land that‘ will be: devel-
‘oped as a business park,

CXY has agreed to contribute $3

millicn and land valued at $750,000 to
“the project. The district’s costs are pro-
ected to equal that amount.

HEERERRE

NEWS graphic Linda Douglas

MAPLEWOOD AREA business operators in North: Vancouver
reject the closure of the Riverside Drive West intersection.

District engineering staff say ‘they

have been working with the Ministry —

‘of. Transportation and Highways
_(MoTH) since 1993 to find an accept-
able solution that would allow the
intersection Riverside Drive, (West) to
‘remain open for “much of the foresee-

--able future.”

But ministry officials say the exist-.
ing Doliarton Highway has two inter-”

sections 74 metres (243 -ft.) apart at
Riverside West and Amherst and are

opposed to keeping both ¢ open on what
will become a four-lane highway.
“We've had them reviewed and re-"

reviewed. Whether political pressure .
would elicit a change or not, ?’'m not:
director of engineering John o

sure,”
Bremner told council,
While’ some

Maplewood community to discuss the
issue one more time. :

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seemed to accept ‘the MoTH position, ..”
‘the majority voted to invite. the.

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