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Squamish Highway to get new bridge

WORK has started on ap-
proaches and tenders have
been called for a contract to
construct a new “M” Creek
bridge, 14 kilometres north
of Horseshoe Bay on
Highway 99, according to an
announcement by Highways
Minister Alex Fraser and At-
torney General Allan
Williams, MLA for West
Vancouver-Howe Sound.

Last October, “M” Creek,
swollen by torrential rains,
created a log and mud slide
which washed out the aid
timber trestle bridge which
was built in 1957.

The contract calls for the
removal of the remains of
the old bridge and _ its

replacement by a new single

span steel girder structure

41.48 metres long with a
10.98 metre roadway and
two concrete parapets.

The new bridge will rest
on a skewed abutment on a
spread footing and an abut-
ment founded partially on
steel H-piles.

The highway has been
served by a single Bailey
bridge over “M” Creek, con-
trolled by traffic lights. This

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bridge will remain in place
until the new bridge is com-
pleted.

Meanwhile, highways
crews have started preparing
the approaches to the new
bridge, a factor which will
speed up the process of
replacement. There will be
some minor traffic delays as
this work continues.

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No tea and cookies
for this group

A SCHOOL Advisory Com-
mittee is “not a tea and
cookies group,” according to
a member of one North Van-
couver association.

Their concern is the quali-
ty of education, and they
share that concern with ad-
ministration and staff of
local schools, a member of
the Ross Road Elementary
committee told North Van-
couver’s School Board Tues-
day night.

At Ross Road School,
parents successfully lobbied
for rebuilding after the
schooi was damaged by fire,
the board was told.

Parents also brought in
speakers and participated in

field trips and occasional
social and sports days.

Members of the Ross
Road committee who spoke
on their activities were also
enthusiastic about the
French immersion programs
at the school.

“The waiting list keeps
growing,” said one parent.

School Advisory Commit-

tees were strongly supported
by the Board in 1980.

A recent survey shows
that out of all the schools in
School District 44, only four
do not yet have advisory
committees, and at these
such committees are being
formed.

Bob Hunter

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