MAIL Bo Friday April 7, 2000 — North Shore News - 9 | Kirkstone speed is deadly | Reader disturbed by charne! knowledge Dear Editor: Open fetter to the driver Of the white late- model North American sedan that hit our dog: Did you sleep well on the night of Wednesday, March 292 I didn't. As you drove away from the scene at Kirkstone just off Rufus (across from Karen Magnussen Rec Centre), did you give it a second thought? I hope you at least slowed down a little bit. You were concerned tnough originally to pull over and check the front bumper of your car, then you made a call on your cell to tell someone you'd hit a dog (yes, my husband heard you). As my husband and two-year-old daughter tried to comfort our dog while he died there at the side of the road, you barc- ly paused then got back in your car without speak to them, and drove awa We (and others in this area) have walked that route along the power lines with our children and dogs many times. It’s off-road and pro- vides a leisurely walk away from traffic without the ‘No Dogs’ park restric- tions. The only real hazard has been crossing Kirkstone. Between Lynn Valley Road and = Mountain Highway there are no traf- fic lights or crosswalks. Kirkstone is a no-holds- barred raceway for many drivers as we've witnessed far too often. The police say they are aware of the numbers and frequency of speeding dri- vers on that stretch of road, but they can only do so much. We have experienced first-hand the tragedy of speed on that road. With Kirkstone Park, Karen Magnussen and multiple family residences border- ing this road, we hope and pray that all drivers will please slow down before a child is the victim. Many thanks to the woman who was out walk- ing with her dog and stopped to help my hus- band. You stayed with our dying dog while my hus- band used a nearby house phone (with thanks to that homeowner) to call for assistance. Sir driver, when you next drive that stretch of Kirkstone road I pray you will remember this inci- dent as you ease your foot off the accelerator and SLOW DOWN. Laurie Hanlon North Vancouver Dear Editor: On March 29 while I was walking through Kirkstone Park near the Karen Magnussen Arena J heard a loud bang fol- lowed by a dog's frantic yelping. ’ When I went over to investigate my worst fears were confirmed: a dog had been hit by a car and the owner, his small child and another dog were beside the fallen animal on the side of the road. 1 did what [ could to help him but there wasn’t much that could be done because the dog was dying. In the shock of the moment and with my own ineptitude [ tried to console this - man but the words didn’t come out right. Whar I wanted to say was, “Please don’t be so hard on yourself because he totally blamed himself. The reality is that many people drive dangerously fast on Kirkstone Drive, as if it were the open road. instead of a resi- dential street. : Not enough is done to ensure that dri- vers keep their speed down in that area, nor is enough done to monitor the traffic on Rufus Drive, where I live. I am also shocked that the driver scemed to stop only to check his car, then drove off without offering to help, leaving that poor man with a dead pet on the sidewalk. Patricia Russell North Vancouver > Considering an investment? . > Need info on the latest rules? > Wont quick access to related sites? 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The North Shore is essen- tially a residential area, one of the most attractive in B.C. There’s fitde industry in North Vancouver District and City; none in West Vancouver. Commercial facilities largely meet the public need. To thrust a charnel house into hE = HARBOURSIDE North Vancouver's Waterfront Business Park this pleasant seaside setting is sacrilege. It’s comparable to a fertil- izer factory in Lonsdale Quay, an abattoir in Ambleside or a “red-light” district in Deep Cove. The site chosen is the cor- ridor between Seymour River and Lynn Creek, the entrance to the Greater Vancouver Regional District’s blossom- ing Lower Seymour Conservation Reserve, a mecca for hikers, sports fish- ermen, joggers, cyclists and nature lovers generally, a rare recreational wilderness on the doorstep of a metropolitan city. Far better, less-sensitive sites to store thousands of remains abound in the province. The looming tragedy is the result of — bureaucratic bungling by both district planning statf and councillors. They had a chance to stop it and failed to act And tax- pavers will be paying thou- sands of dollars for the access road leading to the “house!” Its several storeys may well be visible from the Second Narrows Bridge, part of Trans-Canada Highway, to tourists and other travellers, a splendid introduction to our riviera-like shore. What about real-estate val- ues in North Vancouver and elsewhere? Does one boast about a charnel house in the neighbourhood? The power of public pres- sure is our last hope. Let district council know this is a gross misuse of one of Canada’s most desirable resi- dential /recreational/scenic landscapes. Bill Ryan North Vancouver Spring is in full blcom at What's In? Store Menswear in Dundarave. The style is cool and fresh in comfortable slyles frcer business cosual toweckend wear. 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