20 - Frid, November 18, 1988 - North Shore News Lions Bay Council demands completion of Highway 99 Ole Severud Former Versatile worker dies A WELL-respected former ship- yard worker died Oct. 27 foliowing a battle with cancer. Ole Severud was 87. A longtime steel caulker at the shipyard that is now the North Vancouver branch of Versatile Pacific Shipyards Inc:, Mr. Severud went to sea in 1914, when he was 14, as a cabin boy on a windjammer that sailed around Cape Horn. The native Norwegian im- migrated to Vancouver in the mid-1920s after sailing the world and initially worked as a longshoreman alongside such local residents as the late Chief Dan George. Mr. Severud went on to work for North Vancouver’s Pacific Shipyard from 1941 to 1946 and then Burrard Drydock, which is now Versatile. He retired in 1970. Mr. Severud is survived by his sous Norman and Ted, three grandchildren, one great grandson and by two brothers and three sisters in Norway. He was predeceased by his wife Vivian, who died in 1977. MEMBERS OF the Lions Bay Village Council have been left feeling stranded — and frustrated — in the wake of the major highways projects announced in Victoria recently. “We were quite surprised to hear the announcements when the Squamish Highway is still sitting in a state of construction,’ said Lions Bay councillor Rilla Buckley. ‘‘He (Vander Zalm) has left us with a pile of rubble.”’ Lions Bay Council has repeated- ly petitioned the provincial gov- ernment to finish construction at the southbound acceleration lane from Lions Bay on to the Squamish Highway. Currently, the section of high- way that runs through the village is composed of double-lane traffic. These passing lanes merge right where traffic from Lions Bay is also merging on to the highway. “Neither end of those four lanes is safe for high-speed traffic,’’ declared village Mayor Gordon Prescott at the Nov. 7 village council meeting. “There’s been a real rash of ac- cidents at either end (of the passing lanes),’’ confirmed acting district technician Bob Pearson of the North Vancouver office of the Department of Transportation and Highways. Pearson noted that although the speed is posted at 60 km/hour, drivers travel at anywhere from 60 to 150 km/hour in their haste to pass other cars before being forced to merge back into single-lane traffic. Buckley said highways depart- ment plans call for the Lions Bay. acceleration lane to be extended along a greater distance, so that only two lanes will be merging at BUY MONDAY NOV. 21 ur to 20% OFF BUY TUESDAY NOV. 22 UP TO 25% OFF By PEGGY TRENDELL-WHITTAKER |: News Reporter once instead of the current three. But she said the highways department considers that a major project for which funds are not available. Transportation and Highways district manager Tucker Forsyth confirmed that the southbound ac- celeration lasze wouid be lengthen- ed, although he could not say when. Under serious considera- tion, however, is village council’s request that the four lanes be reduced to two until the south- bound merge lane is lengthened. The temporary Lonetree Creek Bailey bridge south of Lions Bay — currently being upgraded to a concrete and steel structure — is another trouble spot that has council concerned. “If the Bailey bridge is going to stay there over the ski season, someone is going to die,’’ stated Prescott. Even though the surface of the temporary wooden bridge has been coated with an anti-slip substance, the curve of the road and an uneven join between the bridge deck and the highway make it potentially hazardous, especially to high-speed drivers. Set. Rod Derouin of the Squamish RCMP said: ‘We've had some problems, but I don’t think they’ve been anything out of the ordinary.... We ail know that’s a bad area, and people are driving BUY WEDNESDAY NOV. 23 ur To BON OFF BUY THURSDAY NOV. 24 UP TO 35% OFF BUY FRIDAY NOV. 25 up To 40% OFF (9:00 AM-5:30 PM) Everything from guitar picks to the largest amplifiers will be sold for 30% OFF the ticketed* price. Leasing available at sale prices until Wednesday Nov. 23, 1988. , °* Any other — — do not apply. Sale prices effective on in-stock items Sony. Wit PLEASE NOTE: AL GE SHOPPING ONLY L SALES WILL BE CASH. 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But acting director of public af- fairs for the highways department, Betty Nicholson, said the delay is due not to a labor dispute but to a ‘*misunderstanding’’ between the highways department and the con- tractor. “They’re endeavouring to work with the contractor to get the con- tract back on the road this week,’’ she said. Nicholson was unable to say how much time would be needed to finish the construction in this area. If you want to: e Stop the Free Trade Deal ¢ Clean up Howe Sound Pollution a vote for NDP in Capilano/Howe Sound only helps the Tories. VOTE LIBERAL IN CAPILANO - LIBERAL HOWE SOUND 1402 Marine Drive, West Vancouver 922-7821 Authorized by R. Gardiner, Official agent for John Pozer For information on how the YMCA can improve your lifestyle cail: 681-0221