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Page AZ — Terrace Standard, Wednesday, December 19, 1990

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“Ski road costs hit twice

what was first projected ©

TERRACE — Cost overruns on
the highways ministry road to
the Shames Mountain ski area
have driven the price up to $4.9
million, nearly twice the $2.6
million first budgeted.

~ Highways: regional . director .
Jon Buckle attributed the cost
to a change in original construc-
tion plans, ¢nvironmental
guidelines about the removal of
waste material and the need to
blast more rock than was first
thought. woes

As well, said Buckle, the
ministry built an additional
two-tenths of a kilometre on the
top end of the km road leading
to the Shames ski area. That
cost an extra $250,000.

The construction figure
follows earlier ministry reports
that the construction cost would
be close to what was budgeted.

Although the final figure is
high, Buckle said it matched
other road projects that require
a lot of blasting through rock.

“It’s very competitive with
construction contracts at $1
million for km of road,’’ he
said,

The $4.9 million figure
doesn’t include $250,000 spent
to-improve 9km of Skeena
Cellulose logging road leading
off of Hwyl6 to the 5km ski
road and the cost of turning
lanes on the highway to provide
access to the logging road.

It also doesn’t include what it
would cost to reduce the grade
on: the ski road’s one major
switchback, said Buckle.

The turn on the switchback is
tighter than first planned but is
sufficient for cars, he said,

Buckle said the amount of
rock and work needed to con-

struct the switchback to what
was first planned became too
expensive,

It could be added to the list of
highways projects in the next
budget year, he continued, but
didn’t see it. becoming. a top
priority,

Buckle said extra money for
the project was diverted from
other projects but that those did
not suffer to cover the Shames
road bill.

‘The main reason for the extra
cost was a change in contstruc-
tion to what Buckle called a full
bench cut.

That’s when a road is built
directly into a mountainside as
opposed to wedge cuts which in-
volve supporting a road bed
from below its base.

In turn, that meant more
blasting and more waste rock to
reniove, Buckle continued,

The waste had to be trucked
away because environmental
guidelines precluded it from be-
ing dumped where it would af-
fect water drainages, he said.

“There was 50 per cent more
rock volume (created) by going
to the full bench cut,’ said
Buckle.

He said the full bench cut was
needed because of the kind of
terrain the road passes through.

The full bench cut wasn’t en-
visioned when construction of
the road at its original budget of
$2.6 million first began in the
fall of 1989,

“We never did have a design.
This job was different than a
normal highways (ministry) job
where you get a design, identify
the quantities (of material) and
go to tender,"’ said Buckle,

“On this job we flew at it

Barton on board

TERRACE — A local writer
has been named to the board of
the Shames Mountain Ski Cor-
poration,

-- Betty. Barton, a staff writer

with The Terrace Review, and a
shareholder in the corporation,
was placed on the board at the
corporation's Dec. 13 annual
general meeting,

“It’s a wonderful thing for
the people of the northwest to
have a first class ski area at their
door step,’’ said Barton.

Gerry Martin remains as
president of the corporation
while Barrie Phillips remains as
vice president. Tom Gingles

continues as secretary-treasurer.

Other Shames directors are
Greg Hansen, Larry Krause,
Roy Long, George Munson and
Grant Piffer. - :

Martin said there is one va-
cant spot on the board for a
representative from the Shames
Mountain (VCC) Ski Corpora-
tion.

The corporation (VCC stands
for venture capital corporation)
offers tax deductions under pro-
vincial law equivalent to 30 per
cent of an investment.

it’s” selling $5,000 shares
which will then bring a rebate of
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with hired equipment and
modified the design as we
went,’” he said,

Buckle said this system of
construction meant an earlier
start than would otherwise have
been ‘the’ case if design and
engineering work was first con-
ducted. oo

Construction of the road in

the fall of 1989 followed an_

August 1989 announcement by
Premier Bill Vander Zalm and
Skeena MLA Dave Parker that
aroad would be built to Shames
Mountain. :

This came after lobbying by

the Shames Mountain Ski Cor-
poration and others who said a
road was needed leading to this

winter's opening of the ski
development.

. The . ski corporation, has |

agreed to plow back any profits
from its first five years of
operation back into the

development in return for the |”

province building the road.

Plans for a‘road to Shames

Mountain were first made five
years ago when the corporation
was formed, ;

Construction by private com-
panies did start but ended when
money ran out,

Money owed by the corpara-

tion to the contractors was'co

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