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DEVELOPERS FACED
with an objectionable chunk
of rock in West Vancouver
will have to pay for the
blasting incident that sent
rocks crashing through a
Caulfeild neighborhood
earlier this year.

By Maureen Curtis
Contributing Writer

The developers of 5436 Monte
Bre PI. failed recently to secure
West Vancouver District council
permission to do the blasting nec-
essary to carve a home, as cur-
rently designed, into one of West
Vancouver’s steep¢r lots.

“‘The property has no access to
the road which it faces with a 16-
foot cliff. How can we proceed
without blasting?’’ asked devel-
oper Michael Burdett of North
Vancouver.

West Vancouver Mayor Mark
Sager suggested that the developer
could reduce the amount of
blasting planned.

According to Ronald Wilson, a
Caulfeild resident who has been
asking council for tighter blasting
controls for months, some 1,000
cubic metres of rock would be
blasted out of the site under the
current plan.

He also noted that half of the
house is on a greenbelt area set
aside under the Caulfeitd Land
Use Contract.

“Let’s send a clear message to
other prospective developers that
this kind of development is no
longer to be couutenanced,”’ said
Wilson.

Ald. Diana Hutchinson asked if
anything could be built on the
property without blasting.

“Any property can be built on
without blasting,’’ said Municipal
Manager Terry Lester.

Blasting expert Duncan Wiley
said a drill could be used. But
because of the strength of the
local rock, it would be a slow,
expensive and noisy process.

Wiley said that control over

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Blasting permit denied

Council gets tough with Caulfeild developers

WEST VANCOUVER
DISTRICT COUNCIL

blasting has tightened considerably
since the incident that caused
council to place a moratorium on
blasting, except where council
permits it.

On March 27, a number of
Caulfeild homes were damaged
near Meadfeild Road when
wayward rock from blasting work
struck. Two years ago, blasting
along Meadfeild Drive sent granite
boulders crashing down onto two
homes at Montiverdi Place.

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acknowledging his background in
the mining industry, said that he
doesn’t believe blasting to be nec-
essarily hazardous, ‘‘if done pro-
perly.’”

But Ald. Andre Danyliu_ re-
mained unconvinced that there
had been enough changes to
blasting procedures and precau-
tions to make him confident that
nothing might go wrong.

But Burdett maintained that the
Monte Bre blasting project could
be done safely.

“Council can regulate the use
of explosives, but they can’t use
this right discriminately — and
that is what | believe is happening
here,’’ he charged.

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