c ‘Highway overpass,

| And: North - Vancouver. City
Council has thrown its support
— behind the group.

At the urging. of the citizens’

_ delegation, council unanimously

. Transportation and Highways

the proposed Westview overpass...
Kim'-Thom, . spokesman for a

‘concerned citizens, told ‘council a

change between the Upper.. Levels
Highway and” Westview Drive

“/neighborhood than the loop inter-
_ change that is already in the pre-
liminary planning stage.

_ HOMES AFFECTED >

The provincial government-
favored loop interchange would
affect 16 homes in the area of the
“development, Thom said.

Ten of these homes ‘would be
expropriated and the remaining six
“ would have a portion of their
yards taken up by a retaining wall.
.. ‘In addition to the homes being

lost, the loop development would
result in increased ,traffic through
the residential area, Thom said.

. Traffic will be rerouted out of

the surrounding residential - area,
bringing with-it the associated

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“the residents’ alternative plan” for:

five-member ‘working group’ of

"depressed. highway diamond inter- -:

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A GROUP of Westview residents | are fighting. to's ‘save. their : ;
‘neighborhood. from being run over by an Upper. Levels

safety hazards, she said,

become a’major. access. road -and

left turns .: would: be ~ severely:

restricted* from | both’ sides of

Westview. between, 22nd cand 23rd

Streets, Thom: said:

ALTERNATE PLAN.

- for a depressed diamond: inter”
‘change, with the highway running
under Westview Drive,. would. have .

far less of an. affect
neighborhood, Thom said
_The group’s proposed: “diamond

, interchange would'cost: roughly the

same as the loop but ‘would only
affect nine properties, not.°16° as
with the loop interchange, Thom
said.

Westview Drive.and iad Street ,
. would not need to be widened and

no additional property would need

to. be expropriated along 23rd —
Street, she explained. © .::

Traffic and. its associated pro-

-“blems would remain confined to

the. existing highway corridor -and

. not be routed through the residen-

tial area, Thom said.

‘But one of the main advantages ;
of the loop, she said, would be

-smoother traffic flow...
“The. loop is more efficient,”*
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