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LIGQNS GATE PROJECT UPDATE

The bridge will be closed fur deck replacement
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WEEKNIGHT clo- -
sures have been
added to the con-
struction schedule
for ‘the Lions Gate
Bridge.

Pam ~ Ryan of the B.C.
Transportation Financing
Authority (BCTEA) said addi-

_ tional closures are required for
welding work to seal the new
bridge deck.

“Welding requires a full
bridge closure ‘because traffic

“causes vibrations. that would
“compromise the welds.”
2° Weeknight closures - for
October: will take. place on
‘Monday and =~ Tuesday
evenings: The closure schedule
for the remainder of the month
isas follows:
: 7 10 p.m: Saturday, Oct. 14 to
1 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 15;
“88 p.m. Monday, Oct. le to
6am. Tuesday, Oct. 172 '
“(210 p.m. -Tuesday, Oct. 17 to
6a.m. Wednesday, Oct. 18;
B10p.m. Saturday, Oct. 21
L p.m. Sunday, Oct. 22;
B83 p.m. Monday, Oct. 23 to
“6am. Tuesday, Oct. 24:
810 p.m... Tuesday, Oct. 2+ to
6a.m. Wednesday, Oct. 25
@10p.m- Saturday, Oct. 8 two
I p.m. Sunday, Oct. 29,
8 p.m. Monday, Oct. 30 to
6a.m. Tuesday, Oct. 31;
B10 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 31 to
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APPROXIMATELY 50 people showed up at Tuesday night’s West Vancouver council meeting to protest BC Ferries terminal expansion
plans in Horseshoe Bay. Council voted unanimously to expiore legal options to oppose the project.

Marcie Good
News Reporter mgood@usnews.com

WEST Vancouver council voted
Tuesday to direct staff to meet
with members of CAFTE (Citizens
Against Ferry Terminal Expansion)
to explore legal options to block
BC Ferries construction plans for
Horseshoe Bay.

Couneil’s options include supporting a planned
injunction against the Crown) corporation being
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Commitice — a group of residents with children at
the elementary school.

Without the presence of anyone from BC Ferries
at Tuesday night’s council meeting, a group ‘of
Horseshoe Bay residents opposed to the $30-million
terminal expansion plans ended up preaching, to the
converted.

Armed with neatly scripted placards carrying mes-
sages like “Respect Bylaws” and “We like the
Mounzain where it is,” about 50 protesters showed
up at district hall. A representative from BC Ferries

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was invited to speak at the meeting, but declined.

John Moonen, speaking for CAFTE, asked coun-
cil to turn down any applications for permits related
to the project. “We're asking very respectfully that”,
you just say no,” he said, “and if nothing else it will!’
force BC Ferries to take you to court and we'll get”
this matter before a judge.”

In order for the construction to proceed, the ferry
corporation requires a blasting permit fromthe.
municipality to remove at least 7,000 cubie metres of
rock from the mountainside. Officials from the feder-
al Department of Fisheries and Oceans have.

expressed concern about the environmental impacts . :
of the blasting. ; :

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