ridge, highway get cash

By lan Noble

News Reporter
jan@nsnews.com

APPROXIMATELY $6
million has been set
aside for planning and
evaluating a new Lions
Gate crossing.

The money is part of the
1997-98 capital and rehabili-
tation program for the North
Shore and = Sea-to-Sky
Highway, Transportation
Minister Lois Boone said
Thursday.

Boone announced in April
that the province would con-
tribute $70 million to the
cost of a new or rehabilitated
crossing.

Any extra money needed
for the crossing would be
raised through tolls.

Boone added Thursday
that $3 million will be devor-
ed to maintenance of the

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Lions Gate Bridge to ensure
its “ongoing integrity.”

The province has also
started work along the Lions
Gate corridor to gather geo-
technical and long-term traf-
fic information.

A geotechnical study is
under way near the Stanley
Park causeway to supply
bridge proponents with geo-
logical data needed for the
construction of tunnels or
bridge foundations.

The government also
announced that planning for
widening and realigning
Highway 99 from Culliton
Creek to Cheakamus Canyon
is a_ high-priority project
scheduled in the south coast
region.

“This year's capital and
rehabilitation program for
the North Shore and Sea-to-
Sky Highway will create an
estimated 4,700 direct-per-
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North Shore rehabilita-
tion projects include:
@ clectrical works on
Highway No. 1 at. the
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