A10- The. e Terrace Standard ‘Wednesday, November 3, 2004.

Ganteryn road gets | 1%
-first- -phase upg rade | @ assess

; By JEFF NAGEL. .
~ AN IMMEDIATE ‘upgrade

to the Cranberry ‘Conncetor. -

road: has been: approved: by’

the province: ald, cost of |

- $$0,000,°-

... The money. will. be used:
to grade ° ‘and - ‘reshape -the:

road, fill'in bridge approach-
es, install four culvérts,.trim

~ brush: for visibility: ‘and: ‘im-:
prove signs sO ‘drivers’. unfa- ;

miltiar - with the: toad: don’ t
~ get lost: -

“Thisi isjustt thi ‘first stage’
of a series of slapes. that. will. -
_ [happen with the: Cranberry,”. ” -

said Skeena MLA Roger
. ‘Harris,

. He said the: ‘thtial infu” :
sion of cash will’ “strictly.
bring-the rough | road:up,lo‘a. *-
acceptable:
oS." “pv and eventually ‘get it paved, -

, Harris’ said thé aii“is to’.
transfer the road, : ‘known’:
‘formally as the. Cranberry’
Forest Service | Road, to the |; .

~ transportation” “ministry’s-
provincial . highways - “nets

7 useable standard

A COAL mine is proposed |

- Iskut about.160,km northeast of Stewart.

RD eyes Coal:

See STA NDARD

work sometime. next year, =
"He! said. future “upgrades, ”
will; aim to. seal coatthe.road ©

“along with: the. completion
of paving. on the resto Hwy
37:

“yas ‘demonstrated «in: Au:
“gust when a mudslide closed

in the Mt. Klappan area near”

mine planning -

_ By JENNIFER LANG -

THE REGIONAL.- District ao
of Kitimat’ ‘Stikine’.. has”,
asked to be included on ‘the...

committee “eonducting ~ an

~~ environmenial, review “of!
‘ the © Mount - ‘Klappan ” oe

project...

The “project “cornmitled,
Will, devidé if. Fortune Coal’
Ltd." application: for-an-en-.. 2°.

vironmental assessment. cer-
. lificate will, be. approved.
“The: assessmient :

company’ 'g ‘proposed anthra
- cite coal mine. ars

; located about, 160: ‘ko noith:

_ east of Stewart,, B.C; ‘inside
a portion of: Stikine: that’ ‘the.
‘regional. district has: pro ©

posed be added’ ‘to K imat

; Stikine: -

“On Oct. ‘92. the regional:

~ mittee, -,

According: toa. ‘project -
overview: subinitted - to. (he:
‘environmental: - ‘assessmerit:-
- office, the'$90-$100 million’
“project. is* based -on.an_an-*.
icipated: production: of 1,75":

per year, potentially employ:
_ ing up,to 400-500- ‘people:
: The: propdsed mine “site
“is: ‘Jocated: ‘along a-BE Rail
; tight: of-way- betveen:Dease
: = Lake and Prince George.”
- The ore -coiild,be -tran

clirrent; ling ter-~
~ Highway: 37. and’ then down 4

oStewart. ;
“Ground: ackess. W outs ‘be

: district board’ agreed: to ask: site is also accessible by’ dir”

the B.C, Environmental: As :
sessment. Office: ‘for: repre...
sentation: ‘on. the: Proje st re=

- view committee.

The board wWwanls- tO: ap=
point Andrew’ ‘Webber,.’ the

-becauise, there's sa gravel: ai

sel ‘generator. ‘to ‘supply its”
power needs. The company’
li

régional district's © manager “Avould: be will
of planning: and. economic. spur in the event B.C. Hydro

development,. to. the’ com- Senn is main ling:

i)

ing a § ystem:

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Burns Lake”

Monday, November’ g.

berry connector.
service road: became a cru. '

Z ists,” Harris said. “And that - Availaole in Black
" same service road ‘could also .

_ ministry budget, ‘but the re-
‘pairs: are: being directed ° by - Shoes & Repairs” Mon - Sat 9-6

ee ra the Kalum Forest District;.. J 4617 Latelse Ave., Terrace, B.C.
- Roger Harris aa
cn ae a expected, to be’ finished: bes.
-fore winter ‘freeze up;

of ‘Tepeated pressure from lo-",”
“cal. government. ‘leaders and ae

7 Tesponse. to their conicerns..

The’ toad’ $ “imporiance. :
wo some peace- -of-mind to resi. &
denis i in my: riding,” he said. eg

Tourism do.
oomtax !
aboutto }
jkickin ?.

next- month, . ‘raising ‘the os
. cost of a’ ‘night’ 3: ‘hotel oni

‘the city “of. Terrace,

‘disttict “and. “the: ‘Terrace
“Tourism . Society: ‘is ‘being.

million tonnes of clean.coal *.

: understanding ~had-

ported: by: ‘rail; which: would’ “posed: by, the provincial...

involve'a rail extension, by » ordet-in-e council, bui there

‘minus,’ “or tricked forth to %

es “stared notifying local ho-,
‘tel “and. motel-operators. |... 00 8
along: he: rail: right- -of wily ‘about the room’ tax, which ~ |. ‘Winter Wheels.

. . a is: “expected © tO" bring in |. 4 set of winter wheels :
the. proposed mine site: ‘The

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Harris said. ‘the: work: is”

~The road has beeha focus ; °

northwest motorists; . er
o ‘Harris: said’ the. work i isa a

“This project will provide ~

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rs _.. from.12 Noon to 6PM...
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By JENNIFER LANG: _
THE NEW2 per cent room:
taxis. set to go ‘into’ effect Q

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motel © stay:-here’ in time: “as
for. the: Christmas . holiday:
~ séason, ‘and: raising. money,"
for Terrace Tourism. : :

- The provincial govern-
“a. Ment-approved the new.lo-" :
Cal tax: through a Sept 29: ;
Order In Council. we

‘AL. “meinorandumn OF
understanding - ves between’
“the
Kitimat-Stikine. regional.

finalized.. The: parties’ are:
xpécted lo: sign the MOU:
efore the Dec...1 imple:
irientation date; * -

# The- ‘memorandum’: at

beén. signed. pending any.
potential: conditions *.im-

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