MAY 12, 1999

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wants
tax relief

Martin Millerchip

News Reporter
martin@nsnews.com

WE'RE taxed to the
max and we’re not
competitive.

That was the message deliv-
ered to North Vancouver District
council Monday by representa-
tives from the watertront indus-
try.

Brad Eshleman, vice presi-
dent of Western Stevedoring and
a member of the hudustrial
Waterfront Working Group
(EWWG), told council:
“Companies on the watertront
operate ina global economy and
face stiff competition trom facili-
ties in other municipalities and
from the U.S.

“Property taxation is a signif:
icant competition disadvantage
tor major industry within the dis-
trict.

“There is a need to reduce
the tax burden) on watertront
industries to address their com-
petitiveness and te reverse the
transter of the tax burden.”

The IWWG was termed asa
spin-off trom the the district's
Waterfront Task Foree at the end
of 1997.

Representatives trom) water
front industry, community asso-
ciations, the Vancouver Pare
Authority and others have met
twice a moath since then to pro-
duce a document titkd The
Working Weterfrons Tt formed
the basis of Eshlenran’s presenta-
tion.

The document notes that:

i che Port of Vancouver is the
largest port in Canada and thar
part ofthe port are che terminals
located in the district,

@ nine million tonnes of cargo
passed through terminals located
in the district in 1998 (12% of

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A visit to the north side of
West Van's 1400-block Clyde

Grant Connell p48

Tennis star still serving
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Garden delights

NEWS photo Paul McGrath

Hey kids: don’t try this at home

HANS “No Way” Rey came to a sudden stop Saturday in North Vancouver at John Henry The Bicycle Man's 7th anniversary festival
and sale. Rey, billed as the greatest mountain biker in the world, performed tricks for the many cycling enthusiasts gathered.

Kevin Gillies

News Reporter

BAILEY’S Bridge never went to
this length before.

North Vancouver City council learned on
Monday night that a temporary 200-foot Bailey-
Bridge-twpe ramp will be built over the 2,778-foot
(847 m) Lions Gate Bridge deck to accommodate
car trattic while bridge overhaul work goes on
below.

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Lions Gate overhaul plan
involves engineering first

In his) presentation to council, B.C.
Transportation Financing Authority (BCTEFA)
project director Geoff Freer said, “It’s a very inno-
vative scheme that allows us to have fewer clo-
sures.” .

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But Coun. Sieila Jo Dean questioned the
ramp’s proposed length.

“To have a 200-toot span, I just can’t envision
it,” she told Freer, who conceded that it would be
the first time that such a ramp would be used on a
large suspension bridge.

Freer said the “permanent” temporary bridge
Was necessary to reduce the number of bridge clo-
sures that would have resulted from setting up and

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