Why not NV
wards now?

Dear Editor:

I see North Vancouver City
Councillor Bill Bell says he
“might be willing to consider
amalgamation with North
Vancouver District if some sort
of ward system was imple-
mented so current city resi-
dents would be guaranteed
adequate representation on a
hypothetical future council.
(North Shore News, Oct. 1.)

An excellent idea,
Councillor Beil. But why wait
for amalgamation?

As it stands now the resi-
dents of the Lower Lonsdale
neighborhood lack representa-

~ tion on city council,

_ Asa result, it took an enor-
mous public lobbying effort to
convince a majority of council-
lors not to raise the city’s tax
base by planting a new forest
of highrises in the Lower
Lonsdale neighborhood.

Without a Lower Lonsdale
representative on council, con-
stant vigilance is required to
keep the developers at bay and
city council in line. ;

If a ward system is neces-

’ sary in future to prevent 40,000
city residents from being over-,
whelmed by 80,000 district
residents in a hypothetical
amalgamated North
Vancouver, it must also be nec-
essary now to prevent seven
councillors who don't live in
Lower Lonsdale from ignoring
the wishes of the majority of
the taxpayers who do live here.
Ian Michaud
North Vancouver |

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Causeway cause

Dear Editor:

Somewhere out there in-the sed
of feudal bureaucracy lies a lowly
fiefdom that one would swear had
been cautioned by the Good Lord
above to “Do nothing until [ return”
to that hapless stretch of two-kito-
metre, three-lane hell ak.a. the
Stanley Park Causeway.

It is interesting to speculate the
mode and mood of a boardroom
meeting regarding the above men-
tioned item.

On one side, picture the ICBC
officers feverishly brandishing
sheaves of accident reports. Directly
across we have the Ministry of
Highways folk, eyes downcast,
hearing-aids turned to the ‘‘off™
position. Fully aware, but not want-
ing to hear.

As winter approaches and for
teasons not quite clear, we are once
again sent hurtling onto a surface of
smooth-stones and receded conerete
that for years has impeded our brak-

and saved
switehed my

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ing response in rain and sleet to a
lawly 50%.

Simply put. experts tell us (not
lire salesmen) there is a lot of “noth-
ing” between the stones and the dis-
appearing cement. So much so that
we are actually hydro-planing.

Ino an emergency at the pre-
seribed speed limit we slide and
pray and experience a feeling that
isn’t exactly a fun trip through the
“pleasure dome of tife.”

A phone call to a major road sur-
facing company reveals that the pre-
sent condition is indeed serious.
Yes, the surface cun be brought up
to Ministry specifications by using
an !l pm. to @ am. night: shift,
lane-by-lane process with minimum
inconvenience.

So while we ponder the “second
crossing” let us not confuse it with
the “second coming.” The condi-
tions exists, let's deal with it.

Ted Hadley
West Vancouver

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