A14 - The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, September 27, 1995 Shorts _. More traffic lights debated THE NUMBER of waffic ‘lights. in’ Terrace could ‘dramatically increase in 1996. ‘A traffic light is approved for -] the intersection of Kenney and “Hwy-16 West. . And the city has asked the public works department to get a price for installing lights on three. more _ intersections i downtown, | Top: priority, according to director of engineering Stew Christensen, are a pair of traf- “fie Lights’ in front of the Mohawk, ‘at the intersections “of - Eby | ‘with Lazelle and “Lalkelse. “The third ight the city will “check ‘out would be installed at : the comer. of Lazelle Ave, and Kalum Sti Christensen is ‘getting further ‘ aceldent slats from the RCMP “beforemaking final recom- mendations to council on which intersections should get lights.” a . The Keaney/Hwy 16 light ‘will‘cost the city $28,000. It’s ‘being cost-shared by the high- ways ministry and CN, The light timing and train opera- “tions will be coordinated. Also under debate is an im- provement to the intersection ‘of Lazelle Ave. and Sparks St.- A.” pressure-sensitive light was also suggested for that i in- tersection. a ‘Other options include slap- ping yellow paint on the curbs to extend the no parking zone ‘and i improve sightlines. Also. debated was what to do botilenéck created by.the 4600 block of Lakelse Ave. . "Councillor Ruth Hallock sug- gested the long. term solution is to. take. back the sidewalks “there and turn the street back “into four Janes. “We're going to have ‘one heck of a.load of traffic in a few years,”” she said. ‘Christensen agreed it might be a* long-term solution, but noted it’s not one downtown merchants would acoegt any- time soon. . City nixes - sidewalk plan THE CITY has quietly aban- doned. a ‘proposal it make homeowners responsible for sweeping and removing snow from ‘sidewalks and boule- vards.;, ©. The idea is one ¢ of those that came out of last February’s “Think Tank” session. | None of the councillors at last week’s public. works com- mittee meeting owned up to cooking up the idea. But all agree now it’s not a good one. ‘Kill it,” said Ruth Hallock. “Their lax money has to go for something,” joked David Hull. ~The city has refused to telease the complete List of Think Tank proposals, some of which have not yet emerged. On the road ECONOMIC Development of- ficer Ken Veldman teceived approval to attend the North by Northwest Tourism Associa- tion annual gencral meeting in Houston ($602) and the Eco- ‘nomic Development. Associa- tion of B.C. annual confer- encein Vancouver ($1,330). Also approved is a request from fire chief Randy Smith to send two members ‘to an In- spection Techniques course in Prince Rupert ($325); sending senior building inspector Paul Gipps to a sprinkler seminar in Coquitlam ($970); deputy treasurer Judy Degerness’ at- tendance at a local government accounting and financial reporting seminar in Van- couver ($1,300); sending director of engineering Stew Christensen’ to the Public Works association annual con- ference in Spokane, Washing- ton ($1,800) and two public works staff to Municipal Expo ’95 in Matsqui ($2,029), Appointment ELAINE Johnson has been ap- pointed chief election officer for the Nov, 18 referendum on a proposed new arena, Colleen Davis will be. her deputy for the vote. ‘about!’ ‘the: downtown traffic [ | TW: 0.08et. “T.W.* 0.10er, a We 0.15c1 4 T.We 0.20ct. | T.W? 0.25c. T.Ws 0.30ct. fs eee DURA EOE oie bas en 3 : 3 Js and ‘determine whether “should be paved, developed as 14 Kt. 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He noted that even where the trail goes through private proper- ty, it's within the 25-foot buffer zone on either side of the creek in which developers cannot build. He suggested getting permis- sion from those private owners to develop and maintain the trail even where it crosses those propertics, Councillor Ed Graydon who suggested a ‘‘three bridges’’ walking route should be devel- oped and promoted. Many people already walk a circle from the Sande overpass, across the new bridge and back into town via the old bridge, he ‘said, ‘Graydon said such a route, properly promoted with some in- terpretive signs and park benches along the way — perhaps sponsored by businésses or ser- vice clubs — would be a fine ad- dition to the town, It could be a version of Ques- nel’s scenic walking route, he added. ‘‘That’s my vision and it could be cheaply done.”” “= ae 8447 B250 Reg, $375.00 | ° SALE £97 | B252- Reg, $375, 00° 7 B56 Reg. $417. 00. 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