2- Friday, January t7, 1997 — North Shore News

NVD wants in
on photo radar
cash collected

By Martin Millerchip
Contributing Writer

PHOTO radar is under
the gun again in North
Vancouver District.

Council approved a one-
year trial of the new provincial
enforcement program = fast
year.

But Coun. Ernie Crist has
continued to raise the issue of
the province keeping the rev-
enuc from the speeding, fines
levied in the district.

The district and city’s Joint
Police Liaison Committee dis-
cussed the issue last year and
recommended “that every
effort be made to recover and
share the proceeds arising out
of the enforcement of photo
radar activity that occurs with-
in municipal boundaries of
the City and District of North
Vancouver.”

The city adopted thi
motion last week bur Crist
substituted a hard-line ultima-
tum when the agenda item
appeared before district coun-
cil Monday.

Crist said the original
wording was well meaning
but wi out clout.

ey are going to take
$500,000 out of the District
of North Vancouver at a time
when they are downloading
to a tune of $8 million,” said
Crist, emphasizing that it was
the district that paid for police
costs, not the province.

He substituted a motion
informing the attorney gener-
al that the district “declines to
have photo radar implement-
ed at this time unless or
trolled by the munici
through the RCMP nigel
proceeds to be returned to
the municipality and that this
motion erefore rescinds
.previous approval of a one-
year trial.”

Couns. Pat Munroe and
Janice Harris opposed the
motion.

Said Munroe, “The money
has always gone to_ the
province and the UBCM
(Union of British Columbian
faunicipalities) are pursuing
it. I don’t see how this is
effective.”

Coun. Trevor Carolan said
he would reluctantly support
the motion “as the lesser of
two evils” since he was

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RCMP Supt. Gil Yard told
the News that the issue is not
about the efficiency of photo
radar.

“It would be untortunate
if indeed we were to lose the
pro; in the district. It’s a
useful tool if employed prop-
erly,” said Yard.

He also pointed out that
photo radar is administered by
an RCMP team put together
by the province and is not
paid for out of his budget.

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