od . *

Alderman John Lakes had
the last. laugh in North
- Vancouver District’ council

recently and it was definitely
-a horse laugh.

Mayor Don Bell informed
council that a bylaw to
impose.a $25 licensing fee on
horses in the North Van-
couver would have to be
-abandoned because council
had-no power to impose it.

The bylaw was awaiting

A $150,000 experimental
lighting: system for guiding
ships under the Second
Narrows Bridge should be in
place by the end of March
according to Canadian Coast
Guard aids and waterways
‘ regional manager Tom Kew.
In the fall of 1979 the rail
bridge _the Second
Narrows wad, rammed by. a-~.
freighter in heavy fog and
buoys have been ineffectual:
in marking the channel: ~
The system, developed by’
Water Ocean Systems Ltd in
B.C., calls for the in-
stallation of 11 underwater
high intensity lamps 800 feet
apatt from Berry Point in
. Burnaby to the bridge. -

final approval - when the

District's | lawyer gave the

opinion that it-was ultra yires

(beyond the’ power of the —

council.

The Municipal ‘Act

Specifically mientions which ~

‘animals can be licensed for a
fee. and that list does ‘not
include’ horses. :

.“T'm’ delighted this
iniquitous bylaw will not

procede,” said Lakes, who-

* The ‘lampssiwill: be sunk

below the low-tide'mark'and
Kew. says that in conditions
of poor visibility © their
reflection should. be visible
in the fog up to 800 feet
away.

Kew says. the Coast Guard’
decided to try the ‘system .

after seeing how it worked in
the St. Lawrence seaway.

An electronic control will
be installed at the south pier
of the bridge, Kew said, so
that the intensity’ of the

‘lamps can be changed for

maximum efficiency.

Kew-said the development
of the' system at -the same
“time as’ _the accident in-

‘had consistexitly , opposed
imposing: the fee. .

- But Aldérman Jim Ball
said “I’m ‘damned surprised
that you’ can control dogs
_ and nothorses.”"..
Council, hed Planned on

beeen which,
1e. ‘ruling, will
‘to be issued

-continue -
- without ‘charge.

~

coincidence.”

“It will let us see what's
happening. there,” Kew ‘said
when asked whether the
system will prevent further
accidents.

In addition to the lighting
system, the Coast Guard is

also planning to construct a
radar system to monitor

bridge traffic, in 1983.

Kew said he thinks the
government has agreed to
spend, the money on the
system but it* cannot be

installed in 1982 as planned -

because certai

‘in studies have
to be complet ‘

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