Gaark Proper UPDATE a third deck onal fiver Park Lins Durng the Sept [ata Te esa ! waceesstufly replaced snd the at ops wa ipphed ote the Mantes Causey SEPTEMBER 20, 2600 eps. Bright Lights 12 ofa Classitieds ooo 4G Crossword Knight Renshaw Cte Puoncation Company Purtestet Peter Space 1139 Lonsdaie Avenue North Vancouves BC Vi 2HS Canadian Pudratens itu! Saies Product Agreerwnt tis 0087 238 The Voice of North and West Vancouver since 1969 NEWS photo Julie Iverson Fly girl PATTY Phillips and her cohorts from the On a Wing and a Prayer team came dressed as butterflies to the 8th annual 3-1-1 Relay Sunday at Ambleside Park. The event raises money for the Lions Gate Hospital Foundation. See more page 38. t about time? Now Enrolling S29 rex mont OPTION #- GOD AT CLUB OF PROUT Gets You Started Living Room p15 Barb Lunter landscapes her newly renovated home www.nsnews.com d rejected Mainline neighbours face tr Marcie Good News Reporter RESIDENTS of Grouse Woods and Capilano who will be affected by construc- tion work on the Cleveland Dam learned last week that an alternate road they were banking on is a dead end. ‘The Greater Vancouver Regional District (GVRD) water commitice voted 6-1 on Friday to proceed with construction work using Mainline Road, which passes by 53 properties near Nancy Greene Way. That means there will be a steady stream of trucks carrying soil from the dam project — more than 200 round trips a day at the peak of the 22-month project. The work includes building up the east abutment to prevent seepage and a new ozonation plant, both slated to begin carly next F-ancois De Preez, chair of the Grouse Chef Pokomandy serves red snapper for its flavour Living Room p19 FREE preci ck noise, pollution Woods/Capilano Residents’ Association, was told by a GRD engineer before the meeting that building an alternate road is not a possibility because of environmental concerns. That came as a surprise because his association has discussed the issue with GVRD stat? for the past year. “The lack of efficiency is mind boggling and the manipulation is even worse,” he said. “Because together we decided tht the alternate read is the most viable option, and all of a sudden they give us this new infor- mation.” In a presentation to the water conmi tee, Du Preez asked the members to defer construction until other options, including a conveyor belt and barges, has been given attention, He maintains that a full cost study of building the road has never been done. North Vancouver District Coun. Doug MacKay-Dunn, the only member of the water committee who voted against pro- ceeding with the project, called the decision *bully-boy tacsics.” Sze NV City page ® residents protest . Ferry expansion plans dr Catherine Barr Contributing Writer APPROXIMATELY 250 protesters marched through the streets of Horseshoe Bay on Saturday to show their frustration with BC Ferries’ $30-million expansion plans. “No to Swartz Bay 2” read one of the many signs as residents, parents and children made their way down Bruce Sireet to gath- w Steady opposition erin the park adjacent to the ferry terminal. “BC Ferries just isn’t listening,” said leader John Moonen as he stood at the microphone addressing the crowd. “These plans could devastate our community.” The protest rally was organized by mem- bers of CAFTE (Citizens Against Ferry Terminal Expansion) in an effort to rev-up their fight against BC Ferries’ plans. The 240-member organization was started back in 1999 when BC Ferries first announced its intentions to expand the Horseshoe Bay terminal. See Blasting page 3 1989 MARINE DR - 986-3487 WHEN YOU EMROLS ON OUR OPTION 1 TOTAL FITNESS PROGRASA INCLUDES & WORKOUT BAG. WATER BOTTLE AND A FITNESS TOWEL!