10 - Wednesday, March 8, 1987 - North Shore News

TRANSPORTATION FOR THE DISABLED

Local HandyDART seeks more funds

COMPARED WITH education or health care, the North Shore's HandyDART system is just a Meck of dust in this

year’s B.C. budget.

But to the 700) handicapped people who depend on this ser- vice locally, an expansion of the bus fleet can mean che difference between being able to go to work or not,

“We are quite concerned about some of the trips we have to tura down,’ said) Duart) MacLean, manager for HandyDART on the North Shore.

HandyDART is a bus service for peaple who cannot use con- ventional transportation systems, The Dial-A-Ride-Transportation service on the North Shore cur- rently has seven buses, and cach one can carry four people in wheelchairs, and four people who need crutches or canes.

Right now, about 700 people use the system monthly, but there

Hy JUSTINE HUNTE

Contributing Writer

demand. The Custom Transit Department at B.C. Transit: has recommended an extra two buses for the North Shore, which would allow for about 200 more riders a month,

Jennifer Barry of West) Van- couver has been trying to get the service for her son since lust June. She calls the current level of ser- vice “totally inadequate,’ and has been lobbying for more buses.

“We'd like the extra service for our children, of course, but it will be a benefit to everyone."*

Custom Transit accounts for $5.5 million out of B.C. Transit's

* $269.6 million budget. Service on

the North Shore this year costs

over half a mitlion dollars, and an extra two buses would add $83,000 to that total, according fo Custom Transit, manager Bruce Chown,

The B.C. Legislature's decision on the tomb transit budget should filter down to an answer on Ute two buses this week, Chawn said.

Maclean said the extra North Shore buses are on top) of Custom Transit's list for expan- sion, but he would not say if they are on the top of the list for need in comparison with other Greater Vancouver communities,

“This community is very ae. tive,’ he said, adding that the level of activities ‘is generally higher in this community than in others."

He said he was not sure about the chances of getting two more buses: “Certainly Transit seems fo be encouraging us, although the general trend doesn't seem foo encouraging."

are not enough buses to meet the

Beer garden rejected

A LOCAL football league will not have a beer garden at its upcoming tournament after North Vancouver City Council was persuaded to reject the group's plan.

At the urging of a 139-signature petition, council voted Monday not to grant a North Shore Flag Foot- ball League request for a special event liquor licence.

Despite assurances from the leogue that the April 18 to 20 Loutet Park event would be well run, area resi- dents rallied to protest the three-day tournament.

Petitioner Frank Morris peinied to a league event two years ago at Cleveland Park where residents were left fuming after a sirailar football tournament.

“On that occasion there were prodlems,"’ said Morris, a city consultant.

While Morris admitted many of the petitioners tike- ly suffer from the “ not in my backyard’’ syndrome, he said many residents did have some valid concerns.

Parking, litter and drunk driving topped the list of petitioners’ worries.

But the petitioners were not the only ones who had

canvassed the area — league members gathered 18

signatures of support from residents near Loutet Park.

League representative Bruce,James insisted the petitioners would not have to Worry about the tour- nament aftermath. ‘“‘We have volunteers who will participate in cleanup each day,” he toid a public gallery packed with area residents.

“We don’t want to mess up,” James said. ‘'f% we mess up we don't only mess up for our organization, we mess up for other sports events (at the park).”’

Siding with the footbail players, Ald. Elko Kroon urged council to give the group the benefit of the doubt. ‘‘Nothing says you are incapable of running this event,’ Kroon said of the league. ‘*! would like to give them a try."’

Ald. Ralph Hall took the opposite stand and sup- ported the residents. ‘*! don’t think it’s necessary to have a tournament with a beer garden,"' said Hall.

The tournament is set to continue as scheduled, but without the beer garden.

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illegal suite reviewed in

NORTH VANCOUVER City staff will be looking at the city's illegal suite policy with an eye to effec- tiveness, workability and cost, city council said Monday.

But the plan, recommended by the finance committee, drew fire from Ald. Ralph Hall, who called the present policy a “common

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sense approach" to the suites,

“This city went through several years of study on iHegal suites,’* explained Hall. ‘What we do if we get a complaint is we enforce the (zoning) bylaw."

Ald. Dana Taylor said policy review was a common sense ap- proach to the issue,

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