4 - Sunday, December 8, 1996 — North Shore News

East 8th St.
plan meets

City to simplify intersection

By Deana Lancaster
Contributing Writer

BEFORE the ink dries
On a proposal for the
future of-the East 8th
Street and Lonsdale
intersection, nearby
residents vow to battle
with the city.

Presently, East 11th and
East &Sth converge at
Lonsdale, at the point where
the thoroughfare drops away
and turns sharply west and
down to the waterfront.

“The driving force behind
all of this was to simplify that
intersection,” said North
Vancouver City development
planner Bob Spencer. “It’s a
very hairy situation, you take
your life in your hands every
time you cross there.”

The city plans entail clos-
ing East 8th at Lonsdale and
extending the plot of land
between 8th and 11th south
to cover half of what is now
8th Streer.

A small park on the plot

will be enlarged slightly and
moved out to Lonsdale. A
parking lot used by BC Tel
employees is to become part
of a site for a small two-story
commercial “pavilion.” The
development could generate
enough revenue to pay for
the improvements, Spencer
said.

The proposal has yet to
be finalized. BC Tel has not
yet agreed to exchange its
parking lot for another park-
tng area, and no date has
been set for a public meeting
or hearing on the issue.

But residents in the build-
ings that back onto 8th read
about the proposal in the
News and wanted to know
more.

“If something is going to
go on that directly affects the
residents shouldn’t they con-
tact us directly?” asked Kevin
Glassman, who is the proper-
ty manager for a building
across from the site. He has
organized a petition protest-
ing the proposal.

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