NORTH VANCOUVER District firefighter Gary Surine (foreground) gives participants of a recent che

Mountain operations manager Rick Temple and North Van District assistant fire chief Bruce Ramsa
cheque for $4,590 for the hospital’s maternity ward. The funds were raised with help from the firefighters during Grouse Mountain

Qeft to right) Ramsay, Wheating, Temple and district firefighter Randy Lee.

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que-presentation ceremony a lift up Grouse Mountain on the skyride. Grouse

Y presented Lions Gate Hospital director of development Melanie Wheating with a
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WV WANTS BRIDGE TRAFFIC RELIEVED; NVD WANTS BETTER TRANSIT

Counc

S raise concerns

over transportation study

WEST VANCOUVER District Council wants help from
the provincial government to relieve the growing pressure on
the municipality’s streets caused by rapidly increasing traffic
volumes from such factors as the Horseshoe Bay ferry ter-
minal and the promotion of the Sea to Sky Highway to
Whistler.

Responding Monday night to
the recently-released = stummary
report from the Greater Vancouver
Transportation Task Force, West

By Maureen Curtis
and Niartin Millerchip
Contributing Writers

Vancouver council said a higher
priority must be placed either on
Lions Gate Bridge improvements
or the construction of a third
crossing of Burrard Inlet.

It also called for the removal of
Vancouver Island ferries from the
Horseshoe Bay ferry terminal.

While the task force report iden-
tified $135 million worth of North

jects as having high priority, in-
cluding expanding the Second
Narrows Bridge from six to eight
lanes, it made only passing refer-
ence to the Lions Gate Bridge.

And North Vancouver District
Mayor Marilyn Baker said Mon-
day night the brief time allocated
municipal councils to respond to
the task force report was ‘‘totally
impractical.”’

The report, which estimated that
$2 billion will be needed to main-
tain transportation in the Greater
Vancouver region over the next 10
years, was released July 12.

The Greater Vancouver Regional
District is scheduled to hear
municipal comments on the report
July 26.

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