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she unsuccessfully tried to
navigate through a maze of
newly constructed crosswalks

just east of the bridge.

A. serics of uncontrolled
crosswalks were constructed
io provide bicycle and pedes-
trian traffic with access to
either sidewalk from cither
side of the bridge in anticipa-
tion of the sidewalks’ impend-
ing closure as construction
work on the bridge progress-
es.

Kind was crossing the
Deep Cove off-ramp and pro-
ceeded westward along Main
Street toward her Rupert
Street home. But she said
traffic at the Mountain
Highway intersection scared
her off and she retraced her
steps.

“I'll come back and cross
at the pedestrian crossing —
that’s the safest place,” said
Kind.

Her récollection of events
thereafter is a little spotty.

“Em a little foggy on it,
my memory isn't very good ...
1 don't know if it’s from the
accident.” said Kind. “It was
clear, and the next thing |
know I'm getting hit.

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“The next thing [ remem-
ber after that... P think | was
curried to the side of the
road and people were look-
ing at me.”

The accident left her with
a concussion and a collection
of bruises that make it diffi-
cull for her to walk. But, most
importantly for the 32-year-
old residential care worker,
her baby appears to have
escaped the mishap
unscathed.

“They've checked the
heartbeat and they've said the
baby’s fine,” said Kind.
“That's all they can do.”

Robin Pryce, Kind's hus-
band, says his wife's accident
was bound to happen sconer
or later. He questions why a

series of crosswalks were’:

constructed in place of an
overpass like the one near the
léss-congested Westview and
Upper Levels Highway inter-
section.

“That whole area has just
been crazy. I don’t know why
they built just the crosswalks
around there,” said Pryce.

North Vancouver's bicycle
coordinator Emma Dal Santo
agreed that the crosswalks
probably aren't the safest
alternative, but stopped short

of endorsing an overpass
option.

She said consultants work-
ing for MoTH contacted her
about various options und
picked one of her suggestions
—— although it wasn't her first
choice. Dal Santo said she
favored the construction of a
path underneath the bridge
deck to connect the two side-
walks mirroring the trail net-
work beneath the Lions Gate
Bridge.

MoTH spokesman Brenda
Jones said the ministry's goal
was to improve access to the
bridge for the duration of the
project only.

She said cutting back the
area’s shrubbery was one; of
the ways officials tried to
improve cyclists’ sight dis-
tances and safety. She added
that while an overpass may
have been considered as an
option, cost would have
played a role in its dismissal.

“Cost is always an issue at
the ministry.” said Jones.

But Pryce didn’t ease. up.

“It's a really screwed-up
area. The engineer who
designed that just wasn’t on
the ball.” said Pryce. “(We)
gotta make an example of this
area.”

BRENDA Kind is
grateful an accident
that reduced her to
getting around with
the heip of a cane

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