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WEST Vancouver police were checking commercial
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80 trucks were towed for being unsafe. One vehicle
was impounded for 30 days because the driver
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Friday, January 22, 1999 — North Shore News - &

ferries

Passenger service at Ambleside, Dundarave

Catherine Barr
Michael Becker

A West Vancouver pas-
senger ferry service
could be in the works
to keep North Shore
residents moving when
the Lions Gate Bridge

is rebuilt later this year.

Coun, Russ Fraser present-
ed a notice of motion Monday
for council to consider a limit-
ed service passenger ferry to
run from Ambleside and
Dundarave piers to downtown
Vancouver during the morn-
ing and evening rush hours.

According to Fraser, ser-
Vice could: start two months
prior to: commencement. of
any Lions Gare Bridge con-
struction.

Schedules, fares, and asso-
ciated costs would still have to
be worked out. Council
would have to choose the
types of sto be used and
would entertain proposals,
according to Fra:

“We all know that traffic
congestion problems on the
Lions Gate Bridge during the
reconstruction will be a night-
mare,” said Coun. Russ
Fraser. “And what limited
work we can do, we should
do.

“We will look ata chanee
to pur ina terry service from
Ambleside and Dundarave
piers.” he said. “And Gwe) will
also ask tor the SeaBus hours
to be extended and things like
that to make sure people get

and forth across the
Burrard Erdet at a reasonable
time of dav.

Fraser said he is t
with the plans to revi
bridge and said: he
other solutions,

“Whar we really need is a
half decent: bridge,” he said.
“The three-lane one is just
stupid.”

In its request for propos-
als, the province has stipulated
thar night closures will be
allowed from 8 p.m. to 6 a.m
Sunday through Thursday and
10 p.m. to 6 am. on Fridays
and Saturdays.

Up to four weekend clo-
sures will be permitted to
allow the winning contractor
to perform work that can’t be
done at night. Weekend clo-
sures will last 56 hours and
will occur from 10 p.m. Friday
until 6 am. Monday.
Weekend closures will not
take place on holiday long
weekends.

The precise timing of the
closures has yet to be deter-
mined and hinges upon nego-

Naval reserves train in harbour

Danica Riley _
Contributing Writer

NORTH Shore residents may see smoke, flares
and military vessels in the Burrard Inlet between
the Lions Gate Bridge and Second Narrows
Bridge this weekend.

All the activity is part of a training exercise for members of
the naval reserves.

Members of Harbour Defence Unit Four will cain this
weekend. Another unit will train next weekend.

According to a news release, the training exercise takes place
in the fictional nation of Chatham. The nation is dealing with

an influx of refugees as the result of a conflict with insurgent
forces in ths neighbouring country of Vanis.

The units will practise securing harbour approaches and
assisting local authorities with harbour security. The units will
also distribute humanitarian aid and prevent piracy and smug-
gling during the exercise.

Reservists will be aboard an auxiliary training vessel and six
rigid-hull inflatable boats. Smoke markers will be seen during
the day and flares at night. Small arms used during the exercise
are inoperative and without ammunition.

The training will prepare reservists for a joint Canada-U.S.

cise to be held in Seward, Alaska, in March. The harbour

defence team will sustain surveillance capability and protection

of ships during that exercise.

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the bridge deck seeticen by
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Pi of the existing bridue
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commuter pain.

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