TERRACE — The highiiays”
nistry. has reached an agree-

0. lay down gravel on the Nass
ager.

ls:of the agreement but did
ot all of the. $1.6 million

he company’ was. fined,
bem began late last fall

_ TERRACE — Contracts for
~ fwo:new ‘bridges on the road io

_ © the Nass and to build and pave a
© 13km stretch there should be let
ext.-month, says district
» Manager John

stil aye Costs of the two

Up ‘to $500,000 depending
pon the terrain involved.

The -teconstruction and pav-
start where the asphalt
nds and continue to south
va ‘Lake,

‘{!The new road will run where
he old‘one is but some of the
will be taken out and re-
igned;"’ said Newhouse.
“The .two lanes will : be
esigned for speeds up to 90km
ur,’” he added.

walt’ —: often. alcohol
“— ‘and to get: drinking
riv. S off the road.

lainls handled: by the police in
990: jumped’ 11.4 per cent,
common: assaults. were down
ne .per. cent, intoxicated : per-
harees. dropped 6.5 per

ment with the contractor hired

id. after there were problems
with the. job, says its district «

contract was paid to Vic Froese - +
ucking for the.92km job and -

“He. wouldn’t reveal the ©

when. heavy 1 rains washed away

“crush that had been laid, leaving

‘the surface in some sections just
as bare and full of potholes as it
chad been before the work
Started, |

:: The higtiways. ministry let the

od ve th
John Newhouse won't. eles ase” contract to not.only improve the

2 surface of the ‘toad but:to, pro-
vide a base. for! winter

maintenance, -

‘That kind of material (the

“erush laid down) does’ require

"special attention, When put in

praperiy, it does provide a Bood

‘money a nproved

date for tetting that contract

means some preparation work
should start that month.

The two conerete — bridges,
they'll replace the log stringer
Maroon bridge and the. Bailey
Wesach bridge, ‘should be com-
pleted this fall while the paving
should be done next fall.

These improvements to the

Nass road follow a commitment
made by the highways-ministry
in 1989 to take over respon-

’ sibility for the 92km_ section.
That officially . took place last.
spring..

Up until then, road jurisdic-
lion had been shared between
the provincial government and
Skeena Cellulose,

Last year,

. ministry did some engineering,
‘design and survey work in
preparation for a complete
overhaul of the road,

tickets

‘cent and 25 per cent fewer im- ~.

paired charges were laid.
“T think the message is get-
ting out,” Yeske said, adding

the highways .

-Surface,"’ said Newhouse,

- Although: there were sugges-

_ tions the amount of fines.(the

tiny granular material that acts
as a sort of cement with larger
pieces) wasn't suitable for :the -
job and that it turned toa soupy.
mixture as a: fesult of. rain, =
Newhouse said it met highways. -
ministry specifications,

“It was tested as it was being *
produced, What I’m saying is.

that in'some areas proper com-
paction was: not applied," " che.
said. .

. There were ‘also problems | in

some of the grading work done’

as it did not create a crown in

the middle of the road so that

water. would drain off to the
sides and not pool on the sur-
face,

“We paid them what. we

i

. think they should be paid, for.

There was some dispute. Not all-
of the work, was done,” sald
* Newhouse, - : ;

, "We agreed and | so did Vie

‘Froese. E'paid them out a fair

“price but fot-to the value of the.

$16 inillion,”’ hie added. .

“The fine assessed Froese was
‘$500: ‘a day, a standard amount
in highways contracts of that
size, and was assessed because
the : project: was late in being
finished.

-Newhou: ec wouldn’ t release
“the amount of the penalty but
did say it was deducted from the
‘agreement reached with Froese,

“The. contract: was the first.
large .one let to improve the

- Nass“road since the provincial
government took over respon-
sibility for it last. year. -

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the RCMP would continue ‘to

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It will.also be extending its
anti-shoplifting campaign in the
wake of a 17 per cent jump in.
those figures. Although he at-
tributed the increase in part to a

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Yeske added, “It's disturbing to
see nine to 12 year-olds already
starting to steal things.’"’

Anti-shoplifting preserita-
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