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SCRUBBING FOR peace, World Runners Canada members Brigitte Drew and Mike Gannon wash cars to raise funds for a trip to Moscow’s Inter-
national Peace Marathon. The car wash was held recently at Capilano Texaco in North Vancouver.

No decibel limit_in municipality

A NEW and better noise bylaw is what John and Susan
Kallweit of Fagleridge are pushing for in West Vancouver.

With doors and windows clased
ands earplugs in place, Susan
Kallweit has heen attempting to
study for tniversilty exams while
the sound of blasting and dritling
carries on up on nearby Caulteild
Plateau.

West Vancouver does have a
poise bylaw, restricting noise mak-

By MAUREEN CURTIS
Contributing Writer
ing from 7 am. to 7 pan. Mon-
day through Saturday, but there is
no decibel limit.

“They can make any amount of

noise they can manage to create,”

Kallweit said, referring to Interna-
tional Land Corp. employees at
work on the huge housing
development on the plateau.

“Tt looks — and sounds -~ like
an open pit mine up there,”
Kallweit added.

The Kallweits have been com-
plaining to the municipality and
International Land for over a year
about the noise created by the
development.

At one point, according to Susan
Kallweit. @ police officer did came
out to witness the drilling and
blasting ind agreed that the noise
was unsuitable for a residential
urea.

down on the noise, but to no
avail. ‘North Shore health officer
Dr. Brian O'Connor told the two
that quieter machines are available
for the kind of work being done
on the Plateau.

NOISE POLLUTION INSIGHT: SEE EDITORIAL PAGE 6

The couple has also suggested
that International Land try to
baffle their machinery to cut

“Thev're making a huge, huge
See Decibel
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