baows GATE PROTECT UPpare fhe brdee is scheduled to reopen te traffic ar 2 pr today frmav reopen cartier i deck replace ment work os completed ahead of whedule, For Construction titornndion, listens ta 44 5 FAL DECEMBER 3, 2000 =oa Bright Lights 3412 mae Celebrations 01433 Classifieds a) Crossword 2 54 : Sports one My ‘ Talking Personals *«+ 45 Assauit case heard Anna Marie D'Angelo News Reporter adangelo@nsnews.com IT has been 30 years since two women were sexu- ally and emotional- ly abused by their stepfather in West Vancouver and in ’ Vancouver. But the years h sot cased the pain for Patricia and Charlotte Kramer. “The effects are still with me now, even after all chese --vears, said Charlotte, 40, read- ing her victim impact. state- ment in: Vancouver provincial court on Friday. “Dale was a lawyer, a nice respectable man to the casual eye. He won my trust and love and then he exploited me ... 1 live in fear everyday.” See Judge page & ~ Karen Robbins Contributing Writer PREPARATIONS for major construction at Cleveland Dam are set to begin in January. “* Greater. Vancouver Regional District (GVRD) projects at Cleveland Dam include the construction of a $25 million seepage control blanket, expected to begin in March 2001, and the con- struction of an $87.5 million ozonation plant, which is estimated _ toalsu begin March 2001. Construction will take place o ’ month period. The ozonation plant. will provide primary disi Capilano water supply. The Cleveland Dam east abutment seepage control project is necessary to make the dam sater. The potential for seepage and ty of the east abutment of the dam was recognized back in ction of the Travel p37 WV teacher explores the world on two wheels Holiday hair styles are inspired by the *80s this season Fashion p15 WWW.NnSnhews. con) NEWS photo Mike Wakefleid ‘Second chance MARGARET Phillipson Benson received a double lung transplant more than a year ago. The North Vancouver woman and former teacher shared her experience with students in Sutherland's grad class last month. See story page 3. $870,000 noise barrier to go up in January; dam work to follow 1954, when the concrete dam was built. While the western abut ment is set in rock, on the eastern side the buried rock valley is infilled with silt, sand, gravel and glacial dll. In an effort to mitigate truck craffic noise for homes in the Grouse Woods area, the GVRD will in January begin to build a two-kilometre-long $870,000 sound barrier to the west of Nancy Greene Way. The barrier will be removed once the construction is over. Approximately five hectares of Capilano watershed forest will be cut to make room for 350,000 cubic metres of material removed from the east abutment site. Concrete will be poured at the dam to prevent seepage. The piles trucked into the watershed will be visible from Grouse Mountain. West Vancouv piano MLA Jeremy Dalton is worried about increased traffic on Capilano Road and safety hazards that will arise from the Greater Vancouver Water District's Cleveland Dam projects. The GVRD is looking at increasing lanes of traffic on Capilano Road so that the contractors for the projects can get their trucks up to the construction sites “This will be a major hazard for C for all the residents in the area,” he said. Capilano Road is the main route to the site. Most of the road already has four lanes — two north and two south. However, ia each direction one of the lanes is for parking. . Inder Singh, senior project enginver for the GVRD’s treatment facilities, said the current proposal for Capilano Read includes eliminating the parking lane going north between Ridgewood and Riddell Avenue and shitting the centre lane west in certain areas to make room for two lanes of traffic. ‘land Schoo! students and See Grouse page 10 Sabathia ah. say dries it perce i”