4 ~ Friday, October 7, 1988 - North Shore News

DR. ALNOOR SOMJI pup.
DENTIST

is pleased to announce the relocatio.
of his office to:

150] Eastern Ave.
(comer of East 15th St & Eastern Ave.)
North Vancouver, B.C. V7L 3G2

988-2555
NEW PATIENTS WELCOME

Another Good Reason
to pick up the

SUNDAY
North Shore News

Jim Bi.-ksaton photo

A HOT VAN

THE DRIVER of this charred 1973 V.W. van escaped without injury after the engine burst into flames while
she was attempting to park the vehicle Friday afternoon in the 200-block of East 2nd Street. Flames spread
quickly after she noticed smoke coming from the rear.

|, Shore may receive
ore sewer funding

THE NORTH Shore may for better maintenance and im- proved economy and a new water
benefit from increased pro-  Provement of road, sewer and rental income.

very Sunday, youll find a SAFEWAY flyer

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os . * water systems throughout the pro- Deputy GVRD engineer Brian
vincial funding available for ince, Talbot said the GVRD would be
sewer and water systems. Some $226 million is needed for interested in applying for some of WATCH FOR IT — SUNDAYS

water and sewer projects, alone, the extra funding for major
By MAUREEN CURTIS the study revealed. upgrading plans for sewage treat-
. Contributing Writer “This is an excellent start on the ment systems on the North Shore
systematic maintenance and im- and the rest of the Lower
provement of our municipal in- Mainland.’ .

An additional $20 million has _frastructure,”’ zemarked Johnston. The GVRD has not received any
been added to the usual $15 mil- Johnston said the extra money provincial’ funding assistance for
lion the province allocates towards comes from increased provincial sewage projects for some years,
the sewer and water revenue shar- revenues resulting from an im- Talbot said.
ing program, Minister of : :
Municipal Affairs Rita Johnston
recently announced.

“I am looking forward in 1989
to the biggest single year increase
in revenue sharing history,’’ said
Johnston.

The $35 million provincial con-
tribution, when shared with
municipal contributions, will help
fund $70 million to $100 miilion in
projects.

“¥t’s an improvement,’’ said
North Vancouver District engineer
Harry McBride.

In the past, many municipalities
have had to compete for a fairly
limited amount of funding,
McBride said.

McBride couldn’t say which
projects his department might app-
ly for under the provincial cost
sharing. For the most part, the
district is working on sewer and
water servicing of smaller subdivi- |
sions, rather than major trunk
lines.

West Vancouver Municipal
engineer Barry Lambert said he is
encouraged by the funding increase
as the municipality is working to
better integrate the GVRD water
system with West Vancouver’s
Eagle Lake water supply.

This major project involving
reinforcement of pipelines would
be quite expensive and would have
to be done in stages over the years,
Lambert explained,

West Vancouver has, at times,
experienced water shortages, such
as in the fall of 1987, when
minimal rainfall seriously impaired
the Eagle Lake water level.

Last year, a multi-ministry study
carried out on municipal in-
frastructure confirmed the need

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