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. THE KING Neptune Karnival kicked off Saturday with a parade and a lot of fun. The annual Deep Cove/

Dollarton two-day event hosted by the Mount Seymour Lions Club included the Great Land and Sea Race,
the Deep Cove Yacht Race, a waterskiing show, sailboard race and mountain hike trials. A mini-ferris wheel
(left ‘photo) proved a big hit for the kids. Three- year-old Biair Morley (left, photo: shove) and four-year-old

Lindsay Rite help brighten up the day's festivities with their clown outfits.

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HORSESHOE BAY residents celebrated Sunday with a a parade, a fishing derby, rides, entertainment’ and more. Sponsored by. the, Horseshoe Bay
Professional Business Association, the festivities kicked off wien Cuptain George Vancouver (left photo) led a. parade. through the. area.” Lion

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‘ dancers (photo. above) wind their way down Royal Avenue. Other events Inctt} jded the. Hors

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DESIGN FOR $150M CHINESE PROJECT.

oA “NORTH Vancouver-based onsulting.¢ enginéering” 3 firm!
“has: bgen* awarded a prestigious : international contract, to
& + design a 2.5-mile long, $150 million bridge i in China. :

- Buckland: ‘and. Taylor Lid. ‘will

work . with” Beijing’s Highway
Planning and Design, Institute; and
- Ove’ Arup‘and. Partners of. Hon:
“Kong as one: third of the team that
” will: design... the’ ‘six-lane, ;,cable-/

"stayed {bridge across’ . the.’ Pearl.”

Canton). 8s :
“This. isa landmark contra

“The' Pearl River: bridge , will ibe
“twice ‘as long -as the’ Buckland. and.
Tayler. designed Alex: "Fraser

IMOTHY RENSHAW |
i News Reporter '

” Bidding for ‘the Pearl River con

Morgenstern said every | “major
ridge engineeringcOmpany n the

world Has been to. the Pearl. River. .
- site to/discuss the bridge’s design :
“and construction with the Chinese.’

Buckland and ‘aylor’ S:success ,

in winning a place on the’ project’ Sj

design team,” ‘he said would ‘give j
the. company a foot in the door on |
more contracts” in ‘China, swhich

--has‘a tremendous ‘need for major
_bridges. ‘ :

Thoug! the North Vancouve'

: company will be involved in the
design of the entire project, its ex-
. pertise culled from work .on. the

Alex: Fraser will be focused on the
bridge’ 's massive midsection.

Preliminary: design, calls. for. a

1,640-foot mainspan, which will be

- approximately. 10.*per, cent ‘longer

than the; Alex Fraser’s. It will be.

suspended 200 feetiabove the river®

”, from 560-foot high bridge towers.

j Morgenstern said -the | project.
presents: two * major engineering

| typhoon-prone area. : °
The bridge,’ ‘which .has been

discussed.by the Chinese for cen-

turies, will span busy. 'shipping «-
lanes that’ connect. southwest China’

“to the South China Sea and service

the area’s 25 million people. - |

' Negotiations to build the bridge

‘jects \across Canada‘

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have been uiiderway since 1982.
Construction: is expected |

“begin early” next year! Scheduled

completion’ date for the project: is.
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‘Buckland and’ ‘Tajlor, which’ is
currently working on’ bridge pro-
in: Pakistan,
Hong Kong and the’ United States,

is. also bidding on: ‘the design con- =

tract for: the new Huangptt Bridge «
in Shanghai. eit
The \bridge would be a ‘virtual ”
, twin of.the Alex Fraser. \
Buckland and” Taylor employs
between! 20. and’ 25 people. It has .

been ‘on the North Shore’ since e

1976.

: ” Morgedstern’ said his‘ tirm's’ por-

tion: ‘ofc the -$150-million “Pearl ”
: under, i

River : contract » is». still

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