Dig deep for LGB upgrade Dear Editor: Re: Burrard Inlet third crossing. The needful third crossing of Burrard Inlet deserves to be built io last a century. . The adage that “the dearest is the cheapest” is most applicable. The only sensible design that will satisfy all the criteria is a tunnel that will take SkyTrain, buses .and cars from the central Vancouver side to the B.C. Rail terminus area on the North Shore. -.. The-examples in other ‘world cities and the chan- nel tunnel would not be hard to follow. Separate: financing. by bonds and toll charges would be straightforward and nearly non-partisan politically. : The intervention by some members of the clected. Vancouver parks board to advocate a tun- ‘nel from Georgia Street under Lost Lagoon and under Stanley Park to the old Lions Gate Bridge is absurd. _ The Park Board would ‘| be better using its man- date to clear half of the. treed area of Stanicy Park to provide recreation for sports arena, soccer, field hockey, baseball, orna- mental gardens etc. This is also a practice -and proven example in ‘great world cities. — To advocate tunneling up to the. Lions Gate Bridge.after a $70-million ‘paint job is an attempt to conjure - up _ brownie points from the unin- formed. Derrick Humphreys “West Vancouver north shore news MAIL BOX No benefit to pul Dear Editor: Mr. Ray Robb of the Ministry of Environment, Lands and Parks (MELP) is correct: There would be no benefit from the prosecution of Howe Sound Pulp and Paper over einissions compliance at this juncture (Musician Sues Pulp Miil, April 11 News). At the heart of the matter is the performance level required by the permit issued by the Ministry of the Environment. This is the most stringent of any pulp mill in the province and fails to account for sulphur dioxide release in the mill’s power boiler. Media coverage of the issue has tended to leave the public in the dark. For example, it does not seem to be widely recognized that the company retained an independent consultant to investigate emissions in 1995. : . These consultants reported that there are not many options for reduction that do not: a) produce other pollution problems, or b) require as yet unproven technologies. However, a refit of the boiler, which the compa- ny now proposes to carry out, would permit the burning of more hog fuel and less natural gas, there- by reducing emissions levels 16%. Sulphur emissions would be unchanged. According to MELP’s figures, cven under an amended permit Howe Sound Pulp and Paper will still have half the permitted level of discharge of the Read the fine print to get free speech story stood by North Shore voters, many of whom have con- Dear Editor: It would be interesting to PUT ON A HAPPY FACE Spring is in the air, and a new p prosecutic next cleanest mill in the province. Mr. jacks was invited to two public meetings on this issue. The first was co-sponsored by the Howe Sound Round Table and Reach for the Unbleached in November 1995; the second was held by the com- pany in December. He declined to appear at either. If fingers are being pointed, then we should also be prepared to point them at ourselves — at vehicie emissions in the Howe Sound corridor and emissions from inefficient or faulty wood-burning stoves and furnaces — as well as at other point sources of pol- lution. Vicky Troup North Vancouver know how many of your read- ers have noted the small dis- claimer at the bottom of Liberal Warren Kinsella’s recent political ads. With this statement he unmistakably declares himself against the North Shores News’ fight for free speech and a free press. In this election, this position of his should be clearly under- pair tributed financially and with moral support to this cause. But then again, in true lib- eral fashion, he is half-hearted about it, choosing the smallest typeface available, in the hope that old codgers like us won’t be able to read it. Hans Gawenda North Vancouver fstcan@axionet.com —————— window. blinds. ————" Any.siyle, an iy make epalr quotes given before work begins _——--—-----—Fast-tumaround @ Rhododendrons @ Azaleas @ Camellias Your chance to purchase the Westcoast’s favourite shrubs at a discount. Fas A limited time offer on these spring-flowering beauties... 20: J ee M.I Hummel? Limited Edition is on our shelf. 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