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tion of city council on log haul-
ing on North Sparks and Halli-
well is inconsistant and doesn’t
reflect a clear understanding of
the situation. —

‘complete a contract that I’ve

Logging company head {

“Its a political problem, and
preventing me from hauling be-
cause of a political problem is

really nonsensical. I’m ‘ot out.

there to see anyone hurt or any-
thing like that — I just want to

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, Logging trucks continue to roll down. N. Sparks St. and Halliwell
agreements and the city tries to sort out its legal position on an

to Beli Pole’s name because they
had the greatest amount of
wood in there. I didn’t see any
problem with that and neither
did any of the other parties,’ he
said. 7

_ Arnold stated that ‘according

Ave, as contractors attempt to fulfill delivery
anti-trucking bylaw.

by Tod Strachan

In speaking of .a contract
allowing him to haul a limited
number of loads out of Kitselas,
a contract the city said he refus-
ed to sign, Arnold said, “No-
body from city council has ap-

proached me before this and.

talked to me about any of this
stuff — not until Bob Hallsor
phoned me and wanted me to

sign a contract with all these,
conditions on it that I’d never

even heard about before.”

Arnold was referring to a con-
tract drawn up by the city which
would have allowed him to haul
60 loads out of Kitselas, rather
than the 430 he says he has con-
tracted to do, and stipulated that
he was responsible for adequate
dust control as well as giving the
city the authority to stop the
operation if they felt Halliwell
road conditions were deterior-
ating,

He said that the dust problem
on Halliwell had been a sore
point with residents for years
and ‘he didn’t feel it should be
his responsibility to pay for its
solution. Arnold said he had al-
ready agreed at a public meeting
in January not to haul logs on
Halliwell if it would result in any

_ damage to the road.

_ According to Arnold, his pro-
blem started last winter because
the city didn’t have a position on

> the log hauling situation on Hal-

liwell, and when they were con-
fronted by a number of Halli-
well residents they didn’t take a
definite stand.

signed and that’s it in a
nutshell,’ he said, . co

Arnold said he had a contract
with -Skeena Cellulose, valued
at over $400,000, which he
couldn't collect if he didn’t haul
logs out of Kitselas, and the
North Sparks/Halliwell route
was the only possible way of get-
ting the timber out. — ;

He said the city had two years

intentions to log the Kitselas.

area, and if they had said ‘no’

last fall, before he signed the

contract, there wouldn’t be any

problem now...

“T’ve never tried to divide
the community,” Arnold said.
“I’ve tried to work with the
community to find a solution to
the problem because we have the
interest of the community at
heart.’”

Amold explained that the Kit-
selas logging operation began
like any other, and because the
North Sparks/Halliwell route
had been used to haul logs since
about 1970 no one anticipated
any difficulty in getting the
timber to the mill.

He said he was approached by
Skeena Cellulose in the summer.
of 1986, and after walking the
area with Skeena Cellulose re-
presentatives agreed to take on
the job. .

‘We looked over the area,
and they said there were some
things on access that hadn’t-been
finalized yet, ‘like the right-of-
way permit that the Forest Ser-
vice had granted another oper-

ator. They wanted to change it

Hot work over alder fires by Lyfe Bolton and Rod Bolan contributed to the

effort by the Kitsumkalum Band Council adding another successful year to
the Kitsumkalum Salmon Barbeque during Riverboat Days.

to documentation he has seen,

there have been over 1,000 loads
of logs hauled out of the area
since 1970, ce
He explained that he signed
two contracts with Skeena Cellu-
lose after walking the area, one
for ‘upgrading existing roads,

and the other to build some new |

roads and haul a minimum of
15,000 cubic metres of timber

advance warning of Bell Pole’s out of Kitselas before Oct. 1987.-

He said that he completed the

road work last fall and was paid . j

for the first contract, but the
second contract: included road
tonstruction ds: a part of the
hauling agreement. .
This, according to’ Arnold,
was where his problems began.
‘He said he was ready to log
the area last winter but mild
weather and controversy over

safety and the condition of ff
Halliwell Ave. halted the opera- -

tion, and it was postponed until
the dry part of summer.

“The roads shouldn’t suffer
any damage unless it gets -ex-
treniely wet, and the children
aren’t going to school,’ Arnold
said. ‘“Those seemed to be the
main concerns expressed at the
public meeting last January, and
that’s why we're going to do it
now.
“Four hundred and thirty
loads is roughly 15,000. cubic
metres, which is the bottom end
of my contract. I was hoping to
get it finished by the time school
starts again, but I might not
make it because of the delays.’’

Arnold said he has to haul as
many loads as possible to try
and recover his expenses and

predicted, “It will be the same
thing next year unless a solution

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continued from page 2

Quast said that his office is as"

concerned as everyone over the
traffic problem on Halliwell,
Ministry engineers he said are
looking for a solution but it is up
to the city and Bell Pole to come
to a compromise until an alter-
native can be found.

“We share the companies”
concerns and we also fully
understand the community's
concermn,”” he concluded. ‘*But
at the moment, it’s between the
licensee and the community.

- In court

On Friday, July 10 in Terrace

Provincial"Court Harvey Kuzyk

was fined $50 for an offence
under the Motor Vehicle Act.
kkk .

es Terrace Review — Wednesday, August 5, 1987 3. 7

isfound, =

“If there’s no solution, th
same problem is going to exist,
and Bell Pole could lose their
timber quota in Kitselas because
they can’t perform on it. And if
they lose their quota maybe we’ll
lose Bell Pole.’’

He explained that Bell Pole
held the timber licence in Kit-
selas and had a trade agreement

to exchange pulp logs with

Skeena Sawmills and saw logs

with Skeena Cellulose for. the
Tight to cut poles in other areas,
He said the city should ad-—

dress the safety problem and tell : ;

Halliwell residents that Bell Pole -
has a fixed contract, and that foe . -
the-next two years the logs have :

to come out. “There is no other

solution,” he said.

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