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Lonsdale residents Tuesday night.

Over 200 hundred residents gathered before North Vancouver District Council at Carisbrooke School to review the North Lonsdale Plan draft.

They discussed commer- cial zoning and develop- ment, park improvement, residential redevelopment and new development.

But traffic problems, caused by the proposed ex- tention of Braemar Road east to Dempsey Road in Upper Lynn Valley and associated housing develop- ment, generated the most response from residents.

While a number of locals said they were in favor of the extention, a slim majori- ty Of speakers were against the extension.

Residents against the ex- tension argued it would en- courage Upper Lynn Valley

By ROSS MEEK

residents to cut through the Upper Lonsdale area. not necessarily along Bracmar Road, on their way to the Upper Levels Highway con- gesting their neighborhood and endangering their children.

STABILITY THREAT

North Lonsdale Ratepayers Association rep- resentative Bill Sievewright said the link threatened the stability of the neighborhood, something most residents had worked hard to preserve.

John Armstrong presented a traffic study conducted by the Upper Lonsdale residents association showing that Lynn . Valley residents were

already using Wellington Road (south of the proposed Braemar-Dempscy link) as a through route.

He pointed out all roads in the area were secondary roads, incapable of carrying this extra traffic, let alone the increased flow caused by an additional extension. Development along Braemar, whether put through or just extended, would increase traffic more than enough without the link to Lynn Valley.

The residents association wasn't against orderly development of Braemar but suggested it and Wellington should be turned into cul de

sacs. . But area resident John

Smith said no conclusions could be drawn from the association’s traffic study. While there may be an in- crease in through traffic from Lynn Valley, plenty of North Lonsdale residents

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would also use the route for easier access to the Second Narrows Bridge, Smith said.

He also suggested the Montroyal Boulevard should

be extended west into West _

Vancouver.

Despite North Vancouver District Council's recent decision against extending Montroyal Boulevard. a number of residents spoke against the extension, saying the increased traffic would be dangerous on what they called a winding mountain road.

Council will discuss the draft plan’s future at the September 30 council meeting.

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