Port Mann response too slow NORTH. VANCOUVER: City . Coun. Darrell Mussatto, a mem-.' - Council voted ‘Monday to ask | ber of thé B.C. Ambulance Service, the RCMP’s Tegional head- “quarters to give jurisdiction. -over, Highway 1. from the Second. Narrows Bridge to the says the RCMP ‘is notorious for slow response to accidents:in North Vancouver. “It's negligible on the part of the RCMP having to respond from Port ~. Capilano River.to its North Mann, having to get through all the Vancouver detachment. ‘NORTH VANCOUVER | CITY COUNCIL «By Bob Mackin The council motion is the latest discussion in the wake of the horrif- -ic'Aug.’16 truck crash on the Cut. Two people, including the truck dri- “very. were -killéd in. the..12-vehicle accident: which: halted afternoon rush: hour: traffic’ and = closed. the. highway overnight.” : The RCMP’s Port Mann detach: ment ‘highway ‘patrol in Burnaby serves the section of the highway th runs through North Vancouver. RCMP in an accident such as this is , ‘0 ‘pass - information; to’ the . Port: decide: vhat further action has’ to be. taken,” says | a report to, council by: e epartin nt has jurisdiction ver the section of the ver le We that ager, ‘who chairs the police board.” ‘Sager.’ was... ‘speaking last Thursday during a ‘monthly. West: Vancouver’ traffic on the highway to get to the © North Shore to service a small. part of the highway,” says Mussatto. / + “We know that if we do a car -accident on the highway, the police ~ will beat least 10 minutes in com- + ing, we know they’ re coming from a long distance.” Tollstam’s report says the North’ Vancouver; RCMP need two addi-- tional officers and a vehicle to take responsibility... Funding . constraints have prevented this from happening. Meanwhile, council also ratified a recommendation to ‘appoint a member of the city’s engineering 46 We know that... _ the police will be at least 10 minutes in: coming. ay a BG: paramedic . Darrell Mussatto Engineers eat: West Van: and North ‘Van: District; representatives ” of the: West Van Police: and North / Van RCMB, and the North and West. i Van: ‘Emergency’ Program ‘are * ““F think .it’s grossly . irresponsible for the : Cap water | too turbid From page 1 “ said the committee's responsi- 2 bility. is..to° administer ‘the . . water district and not to “play . * court games with members: of the public.” “Every. single thing we etry and do at the water committee. is subject to total and constant ‘challenge’. by © Mr. Koop ‘and. : ; Mr. (Paul) Hundal (who: has ° ‘also been banned’ from-enter- ’ ' ing the watershed). And I'm sure the chair and members of ' the committee find it very dif- ficult’ to be in a constantly challenged ° position. on . “quote, legal ‘because we're not’ lawyers,” ; said Dykeman. : . Water comnittee chairman “John Northey: said the. reguia- tions ‘are. meant to protect the’ “watersheds, not' muzzle Koop. “Will has’ piddléd:in his own soup,’ * said Northey. ‘ The Capilano reservoir has ° | “been closed again because of high turbidity. Ss Wednesday, November 25, 1995 — North Shore News — 3- A LOCAL. ‘elcian says ‘it’s time for. people to pitch in to prevent a reoccur- rence. of last week’ $ devastating | floods. —, definition, “ . By lan Noble .News Reporter, ' North Vancouver District Coun; Emie Crist: said ‘residents : must ‘unplug clogged culverts, ~~ before flooding occurs.: He said leaves and debris plugging catch ‘oasins prevented water from flowing to storm ~ sewers, causing flooding: : a Off the streets,, culverts, which often’ have: “" grates to prevent children from entering, get~ COUN. ERNIE Cris blocked by twigs, branches, leaves and other’ debris, said Crist Backed up water then begins flooding. " Keeping catch basins, grates and’ culverts clear i is no difficult job, he said, but it can’t be done by the municipality alone. ;: “During the heavy,storms, it would literally. require hundreds and hu ‘dreds of personnel to Stand guard,” said Crist.."The's olution is. for: neigh ‘ borhoads to organize the: selves and take.on that job. “IU’s a matter of accepting responsibility, of comm: nicating with people _ within, the neighborhood and organizing self- -help. 5 In areas where such i intervention took: Blaee, f fi «Crist ‘NORTH SHORE * TOTALS radar at two meetings. : : After the meeting, J Jenkins said the number . olice Board meeting at the police station on: Marine Drive. West Vancouver. Police Chief Hal Jerikins E said‘a photo radar camera could be set up on - Upper Levels Highway between Capilano ‘Road. and. Taylor’ Way, despite. any. West’. Vancouver community:decision. : “By participating, we would have a lot to “say as'to. where-it would be operating, and hen,” said Jenkins. Board’, member: Bill Ferguson. “expressed : opposition: to photo radar, saying it would : increase disrespect for the law. ji provincial government in the last year. of its © ‘» mandate to go ahead with this at enormous . cost and 4 new government: ‘could very well, jag reverse it,” said Ferguson. Meanwhile Jenkins said West Vancouver was slated for a “late implementation” of photo radar in June. The police board did not make « decision about photo-radar. implementation, but post- poned the issue until a February meeting, at which more information about the contentious issue will be available. 2 The police board has already debated photo : of .photo radar, cameras slated for West Vancouver was not determined yet. Guidelines for setting up photo radar sites ; - were released’on Monday by the Ministry of Transportation and Highways (MoTH). Speed tolerance -will be 10 kilometres over the posted speed limit or the speed travelled by 85% of the vehicles, whichever is greater (nor- mal road and weather conditions prevailing). Photo radar ‘sites must have'a history of crashes or a “documented record of speeding that has caused. concern to the community,” CET al governmen They say that: independent taffic’ “engineers should be hired to asses I roads* in: th province.: The government, - aim; makes money | off motorists -- who are travelling at safe speeds that: happen to be: higher than” posted ‘determines those posted speed: Ls: MOTH claims that 50 less people’ : will die‘and 4,000 less people will be injured a’ year: in’ speed-related crashes with’ photo. radar’ in” plac Photo’ radar, the government says,” - will save $125 million in insurance ‘claims ‘and ‘about $200 ‘million -in " social ‘costs such as medical cust ..and work losses.: “About 30 photo radar cameras are + slated 0. be used around the province next year. he The portable camera” units photograph speeding cars. One camera can take about 800 .. Pictures an hour. Speeders then receive tickets : in the mail about seven days later. ‘The next West. Vancouver : Police Board meeting is scheduled for January... - : Meanwhile, .the ‘North Vancouver RCMP have identified six sites in which’ photo-radar.. cameras will be set up next year. The program ° ‘has “been ‘delayed,.; and a. traffic. section . spokesman said he .was not aware . of a new | ; ‘Start date. .