2 — Friday, February 14, 1992 ~ North Shore News

Squamish group lobbies for Hwy 99 upgrade

Political, business leaders taking demands to Victoria

A DELEGATION of pulitical and business leaders whose

community

lifeblood depends on a viable Sea-to-Sky

Highway route plans to meet with finance and highways
representatives in Victoria later this month to state the case
for an upgraded Squamish Highway.

West) Vancouver-Garibaldi
MLA David Mitchell is
spearheading the lobby effort. The
group fears that provincial high-
ways ministry budget cuts could
detour a proposal to expand the

By Michael Becker
News Reporter
Said Mitchell, ‘We have some

concerns when there are rumors
circulating and there are signals

highways
might be

coming out that the
budget province-wide
cut by 15%.

“HE anything like that is tree,
then we have some really strong
concerns about the province's
ability to tackle a major pro
like the upgrade of the Sea-to-
Sky Highway.”"

The transportation committee
of the Squamish and Howe Sound
Chamber of Commerce has been
meeting since September to devel-

op a common on the
highway upgrade.

he committee includes West
Vancouver Mayor Mark Saver,
Lions Bay M yf Gordon
Prescott, Squamish ayor FE
Tobus, Whistler Mayor Ted >
beling, Pemberton Mayor Shirley
Henry, Squamish-Lillooet
Regional District’ chairman Dan

position

Cumming, Whistler Chamber of

Commerce president Peter Alder,
Squamish Chamber president
Lynn Waugh and transportation
sonimittee chairman Ron Ander-

Last) week the group reached
consensus on the issue.

Said Mitchell, ‘*We’ve achieved
unanimity on this. We = simply
want the government to realize
that a process of continually
upgrading the highway must pro-

dd — because of the safety
issues associated Gith the highway
and the accessibility factor.

“While we under#and the fiscal
problems the government is fac-
ing, the number-one priority for
all of these communities is to con-

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Squamish Highway to four lanes.

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