Beir: Residents on “upper . Capilano Road in North Vancouver will be called on to pay a total of about. $340,686 over the next 10 years as their contribution to a major reconstruction of the road between the Upper Levels and Prospect Road. -The | overall “cost: Of the ‘project i is estimated at $2.09 million. -- the share to. be working out, therefore, at : approximately 17 per cent. N orth ‘Vancouver’ District. . council Monday - authorized the mailing of appropriate ' . {mitiative: notices to all the ‘affected property-owners explaining the need for the reconstruction, how it will be done, the cost to each property-owner and the method of payment. Council's letter also ex- plains the right of owners to petition against the proposal and the method of doing so. The accompanying letter of explanation over the _PROPERTY OWNERS WILL PAY 17% Signature of Municipal Engineer -E.J. Bremner states that Capilano Road, a designated major road, ‘was constructed during the’ mid- «1950's to a standard ‘which was adequate at the time, but it no longer has. the strength to support: ‘present traffic.” volume allowable loads. __The- section from Uppe the pavement deteriorating badly’: ‘in ‘certain sections; ° ‘and =the existing. : grave shoulders, being unsightly, are difficult and costly to maintain. . The proposed recon- struction work will include the installation of un- derground drainage, the Strengthening of the road base, repaving and the in- stallation of a sidewalk on one side of the road. From the Upper Levels to Ridgewood Drive the pavement will be 40 ft. in width with four travelling and. HUMORESQUE'S VERSION | OF “ALADDIN”: is being presented this Thursday, ; _ Friday and-Satarday (Febraary :22-24) at Eagle Harbour Community School, S575 Marine, West Vancouver. Playing the lead roles above are Lou Donnelly as Widow ‘Twankey and Louise Whitey as Aladdin (“principal boy”). Curtain time 7:30- p.m. ‘For tickets and information call 921-7985. Three further performances March 1-3. ; aaa “Gn addition’ to” lanes to accommodate the relatively heavy traffic. From Ridgewood to Prospect the width will be 38 ft. and will provide for two travelling and ‘two parking lanes. The municipal : engineer's letter stresses that the cost of all street reconstruction projects within the District is shared between the abutting property-owners and the District,. with the owners 7. being charged a flat.rate per - taxable front foot. — This usually averages ‘out “to approximately one. third , of the total cost. The section of Capilano Road south of _the Upper Levels was recently reconstructed under this formula. In the present proposal, however, the private owners’ share of the project represents only about 17 per cent of the estimated total cost of the work. Regardless of the actual final cost of. the. work, the private owners’ share will not change ff the work is performed this year, since the taxable foot frontage rate is fixed under Enjoy..the Weight - Two West’ Vancouver t men have. launched