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Fire Department crew extricated the woman from the car just before

tricated from a car after it struck the concrete median on the Upper 3:30 p.m. Several minor accidents occurred when vehicles attempted to

Levels highway cut Thursday afternoon. A North Vancouver District

avoid the initial accident scene.

New plan saves old trees

LAYOUT NOW SPARES OLD-GROWTH FOREST

CYPRESS RIDGE GOLF COURSE

A NEWLY
Ridge €

drafted layout for the controversial Cypress
solf Course near the Cypress Bowl recreation ares in

West Vancouver sets aside for preservation a major portion

of the  Uhreatencd
municipally-owned site.

Agording to the revised) plan.
woprosimniatels 200 aeres of abd-
geowth forest wilh now be presery-
ed.

And the plan, wiuch will be
presented Monday night to West
Vancouver District Council Mon-
day. has received enthusiastic sap-

port from the Cypress Ridge Golf

old-growth

frees oon the | 35@-acre

By MAUREEN CURTIS

Contributing Worater

Course Advisory Comunitice,
Hikers and other focal residents
raised concerns over othe vol
course proposal tollowing revela-
tions that the site proposed for the

suaind,

Within a S0-aere study area.
cach tree was connted and chissed
foy species. size and condita. OF
those counted. 286 were over
PU an dicemeter, and 24 of the
tetal were more than 74" in di-
aileter.

Onty 13 at the 28b old-vroawth
trees were cspress, and: the largest
were dead Phe miugority of
stand is red cedar.

Using overlays for cach size
classification, the focations of the
Urees were mapped and golf course
BIR Robinson subse-

new 27-hole golf course contained
a pocket of missive. old-prowth
trees. Including red cedats and rate
vellow cedar tos press).

The stand bad already been
identified obs the ounierpalips’s
parks department. and Cspress
Ridge Golf Ptd., the golf course's
developer, had announced plans to
save asomamy of The trees as posst-
ble.

But after inureased
over the tate of the trees were rads;
cd ata voll course public informa
Hon meeting, the company under-
took a complete sursey oof the  arehstect

COMCCENS

the

quently redesigned the course to
preserve the 20-aere stand.

Ot the trees surveyed. all but be-
teeen six and 2 of the old-vyrowth
specimens will be saved.

fhe new I4S-aere golf course is
slizhtly smaller than) the original
design, but the number of holes
sill remitin at 27 so thar the
private developers can offset the
costs of public use with private
memberships.

The arrangement will mean that
West Vancouver District will have