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; Page 6, August 9, 1978 - North Shore News | :

“Last week's spectacular ¢ :
“ park Royal South did more, it seems, than launch:
a glamorous new shopping mall twice the size of
They . also. launched | two |

the original. one.

municipalities, important groups. of. local: citizens,

the Squamish Indian Band and the shopping centre
itself on the ‘path. towards. ‘a series: of. crucial
| political showdowns with one another. ante

-The well-known issue, of

course, is the problem of.
traffic. congestion at West.

_ Vancouver's already clogged .
“front doer”—in particular.
‘the
‘Marine Drive entry: ‘over the -
Capilano ] River to: the Taylor

narrow, . westbound —

Way intersection. .

Ever ‘since “the:
nouncement . of. the. “Park:
Royal South expansion: some
three years ago West Van.
council has | ‘been - “under —
strong pressure ‘from
combined citizen |

that the existing headaches

at Marine and Taylor: Way .

would not be aggravated to -

an intolerable degree by the .

additional Park Royal traffic »

- generated from east of the

municipality.

From the start it has. also :
| been obvious that the only
long-term answer to: the ©

problem is to ‘route. that

additional - traffic. to the "

southern boundary. of: the

_ land

agreement |

~ shopping mall. via North
. Vancouver,

Indian ‘reserve and a -new |
crossing (or crossings) of the’
Be

MO De

‘the | Capilano |

wiataAn

this. type, involving
between . three —

independent -jurisdictions—

West .Vancouver council,

North Vancouver . District
council and the Squamish

Indian . Band—inevitably
_ takes time to work out.

MORE CASH REGISTERS

“West Van “council,

however, was in no position .

to insist on the vital traffic |
problem being solved before
the bulldozers and. the
concrete-mixers moved in.
Park Royal South leases its
from. the Indians.
Between them, they are free
to do whatever they wish on
Indian reserve territory. And
the shopping centre was
anxious to get its 260,000 sq.

ft. of additional cash.

registers ringing aS soon as
ossible—as, no doubf, were
its Indian landlords.

and
ratepayer groups to ensure

A major ; We Whissst

traffic engineering project of |

with various.
. measures

‘Thus,

wed

of: ‘municipal

over. the Capilano, and also

providing: an eastern route

into North Vancouver:

Up. ‘to. ast week ‘the

_ important. part of the deal—

-an immediate eastern route:

into North ‘Vancouver. — .

CLOSE OFF WELCH

» Presently, ‘the only. west: - “
east ‘through route is the
natrow, bumpy Welch Street.
link to Pemberton Avenue
‘along the” edge of ‘Welch |
Park and | the...Norgate ~

‘subdivision.. Last week North

V ali WISTTICT. waGyGr 170m Bell

announced that he would —
close off Weich Street at the —
‘District’s. western’ boundary.
irather ‘than permit local

residents: to - suffer | - the
nujsance and = hazards. of
‘heavy Park Royal traffic.

As an ‘alternative: he of-

route via’ First . Street: or

Stewart Street. “But. such an |

alternative—part and parcel
of the. still. .unresolved
question of the future ‘low
level’ North Shore . road—
obviously won't happen

overnight.

‘Meanwhile, . business’ "is
already booming at

and West. Van council (on
the principle that even band-
aid relief
nothing) has been tinkering
mechanical
to ease tem-
porarily the extra congestion

T rendsetters~

ypening c erenionies at’

construction" “was”
‘rushed ahead on schedule in™
October 1976. The best that
West Van council, with: its.
‘limited clout, could do: was -
“conclude an agreement. with et tae
. threater
services— - municipality
including - fire. and police |
_ protection—subject to. Park.
- Royal. building .a second |
overpass over Marine Drive -
and-a “back door” ‘bridge

sophisticated, ‘new:

- representatives © of.
various West ‘Van citizen
is exactly what |
* should. not be done. They... |
-im-..
provements. at Marine and
Taylor. will only encourage,
Park .Royal shoppers from -|
the east. to’ continue. using |
that route—and thereby tend
~ to let the shopping centre off
the hook: for. failing to

~ groups,

+ Kanes nan all .

the’
expanded Park Royal South,

is better’ than’

ed at.
include

light
and

These.

signals’. Taylor

~ Marine, the closing of left- —
turn crossovers from. Marine.
into the shopping centre and
a widening of. Taylor Way :
_- South—all designed to. in-
crease, for the moment, the
shopping centre had - built -
the overpass ‘and: ‘the new
Capilano. bridge, but: now |
finds itself in ‘no position to
_ guarantee the third and most

intersection’ Ss vehicle-handl-

* ing ig capacity.
OFF THE HOOK |
“This, say. angry if

the

argue that any

guarantee — the. alternative

eastern route called for in _
the: 1976 ‘agreement with

“council...
“Officially, West’ Van
council insists that it is —

. keeping all its options open
"in the situation and | is still in —
fered to share, the cost of _
_ paving a: more’: southerly.

a position . withhold
municipal. services from the

shopping centre if Park ©

-Royal is held to be in breach
of the agreement. -But
council : is, -

representatives.

South entrance |
Royal,
closed permanently.

‘to Park

Both Mayor Rell of North n”
Van... District.“and _ Mayor —

Peter Jones of West Van-
couver are widely expected

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at. "this. stage,
clearly... suffering from. sa
: credibility gap in the eyes of
the | citizen -groups—whose_
recently ‘f
_ started ‘legal action against 7
the. municipality for. its —
widening ‘of the Taylor Way |

which . they want —

‘with his - ‘power ‘to
protect. his”: Norgate . con-

—£L NEI
off Welch: Street, seems .

“the ‘moment .to. ‘be. in. “a
_ happier position ‘than Jones,
7 have to
Continue battling with Park .

whose. citizens —
Royal traffic every. day.
| “TIME RUNNING OUT

losing
services for

fire i is anyone’s guess.

All in all,

to. run. for. further | ‘terms | in
this .November’s ‘mayoralty

-elections...From. this. angle —
“Rell,

stituents :simply by closing

: At the. ‘same time, Park |
a Royal itself could.(in theory,
at least face. the unpleasant .
possibility of *
municipal -
_ breaking .a. contract it was ©
never really i in a position to
fulfil in the first place—the
guaranteeing of an eastern
access through | North: Van.
‘District territory. What
might then happen in the
case of a bank hold-up like
_ that of last “May or.a major

the ~ North

‘Shore’s” dazzling ©
- shopping mall appears - to

new-

though it may be, the time in
which: to. find—cor force—a -
permanent solution: may ‘be
rapidly r running

have created a dilemma with .
“many more: horns than ‘the ;
. usual two. And for West Van

I= intentioned

fun
, out..

SHOWDOWN POINT is the current Park royal traffic .
hassle? The western boundary: of ‘North. ‘Vancouver.
‘District on Welch Street, which Mayor Don Bell says

he may close in order to protect Norgate residents
from heavy Park Royal traffic using tl the: > Pemberton .
_Avenue - - Welch Street route. i

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