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HUGE néw ; Ploneer Grain Terminal on North Van’ waterfront could increase ‘West Coast shipping levels by : 25 per

cent, Inset: terminal manager Doug Larson (L) gives company president Brace MacMillan a tour of the highly
automated control room during Wednesday’ 8 opening ¢ ceremonies. (Terry Peters photo).

It’s time to “pedestrianize’
1400 Block Clyde Avenue,
according to West Van-
couver council.

That feeling .was_ con-
tained in a resolution passed
last Tuesday night which
authorizes staff to study
alterations and im-

provements to the Clyde

Avenue area from the point
of view of closing off one
end of the street to make

1400 Block for pedestrian

use only. \
At the same time council
members expressed con-
cerns about traffic impact on
surrounding streets as a

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result of the Clyde Avenue
closure. Council: also
received -the same night a
report on. area traffic from
Paul Roer of B.C. Research,
who said any traffic increase
would not be noticeable.

“The impact of traffic
diverted from Clyde Avenue

to Duchess Avenue between —

14th and 15th Streets would
be very small in. percentage
terms because there is so
much traffic on Marine
Drive,” Roer told council.

‘He said about 100 cars per
hoyr pass through the area,
and . losing Clyde. Avenue

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-Roer also told council he.
is in favor of closing off
Clyde Avenue and he.

‘warned members not to
consider making it a one-

way street.

“The site is very Poot for
that,” he said.

Roer also suggested the
traffic signal- system up
Marine Drive be
“overhauled” to prevent
traffic being backed up and
overloading side streets.

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“The project rests on what
we can. do with Marine
Drive,” he added.

Alderman Ann Arnott

called the Clyde plan “very
exciting,” and said she is
particularly in favor of one
proposal which calls for

bringing the Ambleside.

Medical Centre develop-
ment building forward onto
the property line, which
would create a staggared
effect on the 1400 block.

Parking for the” new
development would be
provided. both on Clyde
Avenue and on the parallel
lane.

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A huge new North
Vancouver grain terminal
capable of bringing about a.
per cent increase over
present West Coast shipping
levels is officially in
business. -” oO

Two anda half years in the

building, the new Pioneer

Grain Terminal was formally
opened Wednesday by
George T. Richardson,
president of .James
Richardson & Sons of
Winnipeg and chairman of
Pioneer Grain Terminal

It has | a total capacity of
108,000 tonnes (four million
bushels) and is expected to .

‘former Burrard Terminal;

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‘New $40 million a
North Vancouver.
grain terminal opened

handle up to two ‘million
tonnes (75 million bushels)
annually.

Construction of the highly .
automated new terminal >
with its. dustfree “Peco” ship ~
loaders — unique in Canada «.

cost more than %$40
million.

‘The terminal replaces the :
which was. gutted by a:

disastrous explosion and fire
in 1975. Company togree

which has been incorporate

into the new plant to
safeguard it against any
similar occurrence.

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