Al? - Sunday, January 22, 1984 - North Shore News

Band near aqreement to

NEGOTIATIONS between the Squamish Indian
Band and CN Railways may soon bring an end to
the problems being experienced by residents of the

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Band’s Mission Reserve.

By JOANNE MacDONALD

Reserve resident William
Nahanee told the North
Shore News that up to 20
houses are affected by noise
from trains operated by the
CNR and BC Rail.

“Some of the trains are
running out there all night in
the yards, and when they go

. by the windows rattle and the

houses shake ... I live on
Esplanade and some of my

- windows have cracked from»

the trains going by,”’ said
Nahanee. ‘‘There’s one
house on the east end of the
reserve that was built around
1909. It’s on wooden pilings
and it really shakes.’’

Squamish Indian Band
Council Chairman David
Jacobs said the Band has
been in negotiations with the
CNR for the last 18 months
discussing concerns affecting
both the Mission and
Seymour reserves. He said
the Band are now negotiating
for a noise barrier which
would front the Mission
Reserve, however, he does
not know when it will be
completed.

**‘Negotiating with the
CNR is not easy, it’s such a
large corporation,’’ said
Jacobs. “‘But we’re dealing
with some of the head people

at CN and we’re happy with
the results so far. It’s a
serious problem.”” ©

One provision to come out
of the negotiations ensures
that an access route running

through Band property at"
the Mosquito Creek Marina‘

is left open at all times to
allow emergency vehicles to

reach businesses on the other .

side of the tracks. An agree-
ment reached between the
Band and the City of North

Vancouver allows City:

emergency vehicles to use the
route, since Bewicke Avenue
is often blocked to
automobile traffic by trains
which have been halted in the
area.

Meanwhile, any im-
provements on the noise pro-
blem would not come too
soon for William Nahanee.

**Our houses are anywhere
from 100 to 300 feet away
from the tracks and the train
noise affects the sleeping of
our people. It could adversely
affect school children in the
long term and studies have
been done showing this,’’
said Nahanee.

**And a study done by the
federal government shows
that by 1990, the volume of
train traffic through our area
will triple in the area.
Something has to be done,”’
he added.

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TRAINS ARE a fact of North Shore life, but the noise produced by their day-to-day — and night-to-night— operation can be
an irritant. Noise problems in the area near the Squamish Indian reserve are the subject of negotiations between the band and

the CNR.

No CN officials connected
with the negotiations could
be reached for comment.

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