Seniors 36 Travel p40 Paying privately for Tasting Irish health services pub hospitality Bright Lights Celebrations Ctass:feds Crossword Fashion 009 16 os Dr at Pets ove 22 a - Cc a \ # Late Capilano RFC Seniors ooe 36 OL, : = ney : Te ees ® player John “Stormy” Talking Fersonals «se 45 ae , = AW Se Salkeld honoured HCN Publication Company Pubksher Pete’ Speck or cr en mo, —_ era ee : : perce eee 1139 Lonsaaie Avenue Noth Vancouver 8C V7M 2s eR er a woe ret yg ; = a § oris 15 Canadian Publeations Ma Saies Product Agreenent No 0067238 aan ae ee nN eee . 60 Pages The Voice of North and West Vancouver since 1969 www.nsnews.com ee eae FREE WCB order issued ¢ n Drivers speeding on Lions Gate Anna-Louise Pentland Contributing Writer THE Workers Compensation Board has slapped an order on the Lions Gate Bridge project to either make the environment safer for workers or stop the work. A bridge construction worker suffered minor injuries afier being hit by a speeding vehicle on the bridge on Wednesday. “We are under order from the WCB to remove the workers from the hazard or the hazard from the workers,” said Ron Crockett, project man- ager with American Bridge /SureSpan. Crockett said he was issued the “directive order” verbally from ‘Tony Knopf, a safety officer with the WCB, late: Thursday afternoon, Knopf was scheduled to deliver a written order on Friday aft American Bridge/SureSpan will need to revisit its traffic management plan and implementation. Ti process was originally approved by the BC Transportation Financing Authority (RCTFA) and the ministry of high- ways. “Our officer is pushing back, telling them to look at the plan and see if it's working. We don’t put ourselves in the spot of telling them how to do something, but we won't stand for workers being injured on the bridge,” said Jim Hughes, WCB regional manager for North Vancouver. The Ironworkers Union wants to close one lane of the bridge. Geoff Freer, project director with the BCTFA, said closing one of the lanes to make more room for workers will not be reconsidered because of high traf- fic volume. The contract between the BCTFA and American Bridge spec- ifies that lane restrictions and closures are not allowed during weekday day- time traffic. Crockett said he will be working with the WCB over the weekend to find solutions to the problem, “The alternative is that workers don’t go on the roadway level of the bridge on Monday morning, and until a solution is found,” he said. As an interim measure, the WCB allowed work to continue on the bridge on Friday with the addition of more flag people to direct traffic. But - work was still at a halt mid-morning while the contractor scrambled to find more flag people. Vehicle speed and worker safety have been ongoing problems during the project. Hughes said this is the second time an order has been issued since con- : struction began. After the first order, the speed limit on the bridge was . NEWS photo Julie iverson decreased to 40 km/h and more flag people were added. B h ff “Speed limits have been posted and are constantly ignored by practical- r us 0 ly everyone. Despite all of our measures, people still speed. We've been lucky so far,” Crockett said. FLANKER Jessica Parente, right, of Carson Graham, plays keep-away with Sutherland’s Brooke Spence dur- Among the solutions under consideration: more work at night or a ing the Lower Mainland Girls’ Rugby League Championship game en Wednesday. Carson Graham won the tighter rein on traffi d with the implementation of additional flag peo- game 24-7 to claim its fifth consecutive title. ple or a pilot car wavelling the bridge at 46 km/h. ba : 2 SUPER CLUBS ,500,000 MEMBERS Pi EXCLUSIVE WOMEN'S 3 TNT 249 W. 3rd St. North V: $4 CO-ED FACILI ‘ iF “sg Ww of Marine No 586-94 77