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A LYNN Valley resident angry with the relocation of a
postal outlet from the Lynn Valley Shopping Centre to a
7-Eleven store says the new facility is proving a burden for

thing about it.

John Downward wrote to Cook
in August complaining that seniors
— some in ill health and without
transportation, who do most of
their shopping at the Lynn Valley
Centre — must now walk half a
mile. from. the centre to the new

“(Harvey Andre) told us the
hours of operation are better
at 7-Eleven type Stores, and
that access is easier, but he
hasn’t responded ro traffic
problems and the problems it
creates for older people yet.”’
. ~—MP Chuck Cook

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postal outlet in a 7-Eleven to buy
stamps.

Ninety-five-year-old . Rachel
Floyd, who lives across from the
7-Eleven on Mountain Highway,
thinks that’s a long way for seniors
to travel.

“Ie (the move) was a terrible
jdea,’” said Floyd, adding that she
knows of other neighbors who also
oppose the move.

Downward, a Lynn Vailey resi-
dent for. 27 years, says moving the
postal outlet was ‘‘done without
consideration for people.”

“It was based purely on the

. seniors, and she wants local MP Chuck Cook to do some-

cheapest price,"* he said.

Contacted at his North Van-
couver constituency office, Cook
said he has received a number of
calls and letters from Lynn Valley
residents angry about the postal
outlet move, and he has written to

the minister responsible for
Canada Post, Harvey Andre.

“He (Andre) told us the hours
of operation are better at 7-Eleven
type stores, and that access is
easier, but he hasn't responded to
traffic problems and the problems
it creates for older people; yet,”’
said Cook.

The new retail postal outlet
opened at the Lynn Valley 7-
Efeven July 18, after the Boots
Drugs outlet in Lynn Valicy Centre
closed. Val Rennick, post office
spokesperson, said the Shoppers
Drug Mart, which took over from
Boots, decided not to open a post-
al outlet.

Downward said the new outlet’s
quarters are cramped and con-
gested both inside and out, and
that customer parking is unsuffi-
cient.

But. Cook +.'d there’s nothing

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LYNN VALLEY resident John Downward is one of many residents angry that the community's only post office
has been moved. Downward stands outside the 7-Eleven store at the corner of Lynn Valley Road and Mountain
Highway where the post office is now in business. .

more he can do ‘‘because the post

“We tried, but sometimes we

office is a crown corporation and don’t succeed,"’ said Cook.

runs its own show.’’

DAYROSS DEVELOPMENTS Ltd. has been awarded the the lowest bid at $1.9 million. It is

North Vancouver District Coun-
cil granted Dayross the contract,
which will see the construction of a
-1,200-metre road connecting East
Braemar with Dempsey Road.

- Seniors”

-» Braemar-Dempsey road link contract.

estimated the project wil! cost a
total of $2.5 million.

The municipality has cleared the
area and construction is expected
to begin next month, according to
district planner Laura Lee
Richard. She said the road should

Downward, however, thinks

be completed by next spring.

The road fink, which has come
under fire from residents and
community groups, is intended to
ease traffic on local roads, such as
Wellington and 29th streets, and
provide a route for east-west traf-
ic,

Cook should continue to pressure
Ottawa. “A dynamic MP could
raise a stink about it,”’ he said.

Road link contract awarded

The road is expected to accom-
modate future traffic as the district
makes way for more development,
including some 276 homes planned
for the district's Kilmer Creek

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