with concerned members of the community — participated in a member sparked the demonstration. The waik held up tra aoe Soe Classifieds 986-6222 Office, Editorial 985-2131 PRACTICI SAY E DRIVING WEDNESDAY Go green! Enter poster contest EcoUpdate: 17 Distribution 986-1337 Protest walk for safety APPROXIMATELY 70 members of the Burrard indian Band — along limits along Dollarton Highway. A recent fatality involving a band i WEWS photo Neill Lucente jc along Walk For Safety in the District of North Vancouver Sunday. The Dollarton for five minutes. The posted limit is 40 km/h. event was staged to remind motorists to heed the posted speed NORTH VANCOUVER City Council disregarded ci- ty staff recommendations Monday night and voted to leave the controversial Chesterfield Avenue — high- way connections closed when construction of the $22-million Lonsdale and Upper Levels Highway in- terchange is completed. By Pamela Lang Comtributing Writer And while they agreed with the staff recommendations that St. access Council rejects staff recommendations; overpass ramp to bypass Chesterfield NORTH VANCOUVER DISTRICT COUNCIL Georges Avenue will be open to the future 25th Street frontage road, city council deferred a deci- sion on whether St. Georges Avenue south would be opened to the eastbound Upper Levels Highway on-ramp. City staff stood by its previous recommendations that both Ches- EELS ESTA LETE W ES terfield and St. Georges Avenues north and south of the highway should be open to highway access roads and ramps. The recommendations have been the target of continued public criticism since they were teleased in’ staff reports on the terfield and St. Georges ac- ss issue. Initial concern over the Ches- terfield Avenue highway connee- tion was raised in a Sept. 22, 1989 News when parents of GS: LS ce story PET ee et Lonsdale Elementary Schoal stu- dents pointed out that the high- way connection would funnel in- creased traffic down the road that tuns along the school’s western boundary. Some city council members pointed out Monday night that while city staff make recommen- dations based solely on technical facts, council makes political deci- sions based on community wants and needs, While he conceded that the staff xe recommendations may have been technically correct, Ald. John Braithwaite said 98 per cent of the people in the area don’t want the streets opened. He said that considering the amount of opposition leveled at the recommendations that the city streets be opened to highway ac- cess, he was disappointed that staff had failed to come up with any compromise. But North Vancouver City Mayor Jack Loucks said he respected city staff for their stand, because, while he did not neces- sarily agree with their recommen- dations, they were based on what staff believed, not on what staff thought council wanted to see.