24 - North Shore News -— Sunday. June 18. 2000

Determining the futur

Vashti Singh

Contribucing Writer

NOW is your chance to see
the North Vancouver City
master plan for the Lonsdale
corridor.

The proposed design scheme for
Lonsdale Avenue trom the waterfront
upto Highway ] wasn display at ety
hall fast week and will move to the
PGE Station this week.

The proposal aims ar “more of a
people-tricndly, pedestrian- oriented
space, ver not imtertering with trattic”
according to Karen Russell, the
Lonsdale Corridor project: coordina:
tor for the city.

Combining efforts with Sharp and
Diamond Landscape Architecture and
Spaxman Consulting Group Lrd., the
ety created the proposal to achieve a
greater sense of unity along Lonsdale
Avenue. At the same time, they want-
ed to highlight focal points as well as
individual character areas.

“We're trying to be more consis-
tent along the whole street and pro-
vide more pedestrian space in a way
that’s attractive,” said Russell.

Some of the basic changes pro-

posed imchide adding pubheo arr,
widen sidewalks and phinung nore
SrCCNery ID the area

Aso suguested are streetears. wall
murals and twinkle hahits in trees,

ihe designs resulted trom teed
back trom council as well as the pub
he aner three possible approaches io
proceed were presented at an April
open house. The proposal currently
on display incorporates clements trom
each of those presented in’ April,
rather than focusing On just enc.

Russell anticipates that the renova-
tions will be phased in over a mumber
of vears. The first area to undergo
changes will be central Lonsdale, fol-
lowed by dower and finally upper
Lonsdale.

The proposal will go to council on
June 26 ara meeting that will be open
to the public.

Prior to the council meeting, the
proposed design scheme will be at the
PGE Station at the foot of Lonsdale
where it will remain trom Monday
June 19 to Sunday une 25, trom 10
am. to 6 pam. daily.

The full-colour designs include
small photographs of the area as it is
today and large drawings of how it
might look after the changes.

NEWS phote Mike Wakefield

KAREN Russell, project coordinator, shows off the Lonsdale Corridor Masterplan which will be at
the PGE Station ‘from June 19 - 25. North Vancouver City welcomes eny comments on the new plan.

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