Highway opens

PROVINCIAL highways ministry officials watch the first few cars for 13 days, was reopened at 12:07 p.m.

Sunday. Novemper 4, 1990 - Horth Shore News - 3

Friday but will be

Pass through the reopened Squamish highway Friday afternoon. closed Gaily from 9 a.m. to noon and from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. until

A geodimeter (left) is used to identify possible loose rocks on further notice.
the highway’s cliffside. The highway, which had been closed

A WEST Vancouver aldermanic candidate has found
himself at the centre of controversy following the revela-
tion of past professional misconduct while practising law in
1983 and 1984.

After ceasing to be a member .
of the Law Society of 8ritish By Michael Becker

Columbia at the end of 1984, Paul News Reporter
WEST Vancouver aldermanic Hundal admitted to a number of
candidate Paul Hundal ... prob- —_ professional misconduct charges. manic candidate said, ‘‘!’m more
lems blamed on alcoholic past. But the West Vancouver alder- concerned about the slander cam-

THE PROVINCIAL highways ministry is ‘‘very close’
to making a decision on what design option it will use
for the controversial $20-million Westview Drive and
Upper Levels Highway interchange project, ministry
regional director Dave Cunliffe said this week.

The ministry is studying two 7
design options for the intersec. By Surj Rattan
tion: the loop and the diamond. News Reporter

Following presentations from
area residents opposed to the earth for the overpass.
loop option, North Vancouver Martel said the project has
City Council informed the now moved into stage three
ministry that it backed the dia- which involves the removal of
mond option, despite recom- the Lonsdale detour, completing
mendations from the city’s islands on the medium along
engineering department that a Lonsdale, constructing east and
loop option would best suit the westbound highway lanes and
project. building northeast and southeast

Meanwhile, work on the _ retaining walls.
$22-million Lonsdale Avenue All stage-three work is sched-
and Upper Levels Highway  uled to be completed by next
overpass project is one month April.
ahead of schedule, according to While the four-stage project is
project manager Lee Martel. one month ahead of schedule,

He said the 24-year project, Martel said bad weather could
which began last summer, is again put the work behind
slaicd to be finished next Oc- schedule.
tober, weather permitting. In February, work on the

Earlier this month, Lonsdale overpass was stalled due to
Avenue traffic was diverted from heavy snow storms that struck
a detour route onto the new — the North Shore.
permanent north-south overpass At that time, former project
structure. The detour routed = manager Hans Zimmerman said
Lonsdale traffic east) of the he was doubtful his crews could
highway intersection to allow make up the two months of lost
construction crews to remove — construction time.

“ELECTION |

‘UPDATE

paign that has been carried out by
certain people. In fact one alder-
manic candidate has bven
spreading lies that I was disbarred
for misappropriation of funds --
that is completely ‘alse. | was
never even accused of misap-

Ministry close to making overpass design decision

WORK ON the $22-million Lonsdale overpass project at Lonsdale and the Upper Levels Highway
is currently one month ahead of schedule. Workers are now into stage three of the four-stage

project, which is scheduled to be completed in October 1991.

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Candidate’s past misconduct revealed

West Van aldermanic hopeful explains Law Society reprimands

propriating funds and [ have
never been disbarred.’’

Three years ago a Law Society
publication outlined a series of in-
cidents of professional misconduct
by Hundal while he was working
as a Jawyer in North Vancouver.

Hundal was cited for failing to
file a decree absolute to finalize

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