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Public input takes back seat as consultants and bureaucrats steer bridge verdict

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Consutants Consultants
Dome N.D. Lea
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Bates REE hee

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T-have heard the message ioud and. strong
from people throughout che North Shore as
well as. in my constituency of North
Vancouver Lonsdale that peor; want the
Westview Interchange built yesterday if not
sooner,

I have repeated that message to my col-

leagues in government so often that they say
“Westview” when they see me coming. Our
problem is thac people in other parts of the
province, especially in the Lower Mainland,
are also asking for their projects, over $10 bil-
lion worth. Government accepts the need for
completition of the Westview Interchange
but it has to decide what goes first.

You can help me keep attention focused
on our project. When is che last time you
-wrote to Hon. Jackie Pement,. Minister of
. Transportation and Highways; or, Hon. Glen
Clark, Minister of . Employrnent ‘and
Investments?

The next time you write them about the

- Westview Interchange, make sure to send me
a copy of your lecter. They can be reached at:

_ Parliament Building,
' Victoria, BC
VV 1X4

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DESIGN PROPOSALS

‘THE COMMUNITY Focus Group is in the middle of private sector proposers and agencies popu-
te sted with government consultants and staff.

Ministry of Transportation and Highways

Structural Enviranment
Consultants Consultants
Buckland & Acre

International

Agency
Liaison
Committee

David Schreck, MLA

(North Vancouver Lonsdale)

Legislative Office:
Parliament Buildings
Victoria, B.C. V8V 1X4
Phone: (604) 356-3003

Ccmmunity Office:

140 B Lonsdale Avenue
North Vancouver V7M 2E8
Phone: (604) 986-2254

IN THE decision-making
process for the Lions Gate
Bridge options, the Ministry of
Transportation and Highways’
(MoTH) consultants appear to
be running the show.

The ministry will make its deci-
sions based on advice from its con-
sultants, the Technical Support
Group (TSG), the Community
Focus Group (CFG) and the
Agency Liaison Committee (ALC).

Two of the key consultants are
N.D. Lea president Peter Hyslop
and Peter Buckland of Buckland &
Taylor. N.D. Lea Associates put
together the corridor choices to be
explored by the CFG and ALC.
Hyslop sits on the ALC, the TSG
and the bridge and tunnel panels.

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Pratiminary Engineering}

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Buckland sits on the TSG and ae,
has five bridge proposals currently
being considered. The TSG advises

‘both the ministry and the CFG on

engineering aspects of proposed
options. Its members have access to
ministry resources, including con-
sultants. The CFG is composed of
20 community representatives — :
six from the North Shore. The. :
group was appointed by MoTH.

The ALC is cornposed of repre-
sentatives of community govern-
ments, the Vancouver Port Corp.,
B.C. Transit and the Greater
Vancouver Regional District, and is. °”
chaired by Hyslop. Buckland has
advised the ministry on Lians Gate
Bridge since the 1970s. His March oo
1993 report recorimended that the 7
bridge needed replacing.

Construction

NEWS graphic

& LIGNS Gate Bridge replacement or renovation should be
completed construction by mid-1998. ; x

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