16 — Friday, May 29, 1998 — North Shore News

NV City

path will cost
over $500,000

Jolanda Waskito
Contributing Writer

THE “most dangerous
path” for cyclists — the
Low Level Road — may
soon become much
safer.

North Vancouver City staif
is working on a detailed plan
to build a 1.2- to 1.5-metre-
wide (four to five feet) bievcle
path on either side of the Low
Level Road trom Kennard
Ave. to St. Andrews Ave.

1.5 metres is the standard
path width but the north bike
lane will be narrower around
‘electrical poles, and the sourh
lane will be about 30 centime-
tres (one foor) less chan that
because a minimum separation
between the railway tracks and
the road is required for safety
reasons.

For North Vancouver
teacher Bev Parslaw, whe par-
ticipated in the joint North
Vancouver city and district task
force on the bicycle plan, the
proposed route isn’t perfect
but “something is better than
nothing.”

Parslow said he avoids
cycling on the Low Level Road
because “it’s the most danger-
ous path in Vancouver,” “but
would cycle on the route if it
were ever built.

“It gives cyclists a little bit
of safe space,” said Parslow,
who is an avid cyclist and has
biked through Europe.

He added, “Anything that
encourages people to cycle
safely on the North Shore is
the way to go.”

Coun. Darrell Mussatto
agrees,

“If we want to promote
cycling as an alternative mode
of transportation, I think this is
a very good route,” Mussatto
said. “I"m supporting it.”

He said the Low Level

route “makes sense” because

it’s flat and easier io cycle than
the Third Street hill.

“T think it’s a prevty major
thoroughway and it will
become more active if it gets
built,” said Mussarto, who
sometimes cycles to work.

He added, *I just want to
make sure ... is that the best

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NORTH Vancouver City
councillor and bicycle
enthusiast Darrell
Mussatto supports the
use of a bicycle route
beside the Low Level
road along the city’s
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