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$17M worth of work progressing

Katharine Hamer

News Reporter khamer@nsnews.com

IF your children’s school looks a little ragged
around the edges when classes start next week,
don’t worry: it’s all for a good cause.

“We want to let ev : open tor business,” said
Richard White, vice-chairman of the North Vancouver School Board
(District 44). “The schools are safe, but we're making them better.”

The construction work going on at North Vancouver schools
of a large-scale capital works project which began last year.

Schools are being upgraded, renovated, and expanded, so that
portable classrooms can be phased out.

Last vear, said District 44 sccretary-treasurer Phil Turin, 10 or 11
portable were eliminated. ;

Some $17 million worth of projects are currently under way across
North Vancouver. Some work was completed over the summer, while
others will continue for several months.

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jeck replacement to
begin on Lions Gate

THE on-again, off-again deck replacement
process for the Lions Gate Bridge is on again.

The British Columbia Transportation Financing Authority (BCTFA)
announced Friday that replacement of the deck sections will begin on
Friday, Sept. 8. . . .

Weather permitting, the bridge and causeway will be closed from 10
p.m, on Sept. 8 until 6 a.m. Monday, Sept. 11. During this full-weekend
closure construction crews will lower the first few old deck sections from

the bridge and lift new ones into place.
During the closure, traffic will be rerouted to the Second Narrows

Bridge and SeaBu ; ;
Success of the initial weekend closure will determine the schedule and

duration of future September closures. BCTFA spokesman John Doyle Th rou g h th e h 0 op

stated in a press release that there will be at least one additional weekend

closure in Septemb s weeknight closures. THOMAS Dunn, 4, and Megan Dunn, 5, face the loss of a tong-standing basketball hoop in their
North Vancouver District neighbourhood, following action by the municipality. See story page 4.

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