‘work until next year.

Bo, ‘may’ delay: ‘until: next year the

the Nass Valley.”
.. Transportation : “ministry
"official George Lomas said

: been given a .two-week.ex-

‘tension past a’ planned mid-
October finishing date:

But if rains: continue to

year. a
. 9 “Tf you try’ to pave while
it’s raining, you’re just
Lomas last week.

to do last week of the con-

‘ eo! Nass Camp. :

Po end. of a seven-year project
re to improve the road into the
Nass Valley and the. roads
in the valley itself amount-
ing to an expenditure of just
_ over $50 million.
- As of late -last week,

’. ing up a section leading into
New Aiyansh and had a sec-

’ tion leading. south through
the lava beds to Lava Lake

+ neni eerie tt

. Aiyansh to Nass Camp left
to do. ;

“It won't take a long time
to do in terms of construc-
tion but it will take a long
‘time if the weather doesn’t
cooperate,” said Lomas. |.

‘If: Gable has to return

; next year, it will more than
likely be to clean up and to

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; . -@as. where drivers can pull
‘ over, he said. o

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bon, ;
con _ ‘throwing money away,’ ” said.

. Just21 kilometres was left

This -contract - marks the

and the section from New .

; completion of a'$10 million. :

--ontractor. Gable* Construc- _
‘tion of Kamloops hasalready

, tract to pave 55km- ‘through |
the valley’s lava beds, west ©
©" toward Greenville’and east |’
be through . New _Aiyansh to

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{October for the previous.
'|five - years.

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Tae paving project, marking the end of $50 milliion worth of work over seven years nears
-}_. . completion: Rain and the Telus lock out, however, may delay the completion of the

Rain and lock out |
could delay paving»

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Lomas said the project
has also been delayed be-

‘to replace: underground:
_phone lines just : outside of |
New Aiyansh, - 0?
_ “We had ‘lines: in -the®

KITIMAT-STIKINE regional district direc-
tor Harry Nyce has been named to the board
of directors of the Union of B.C. Municipali-

' ties.

From the Nass Valley, Nyce is a past

‘chair of the regional district and was a key

negotiator for the Nisga’a leading up to the
land claims treaty signed with the federal
and provincial governments five years ago.

Nyce was named to the director at large.

nual general meeting held in Vancouver.

He now works for the Nisga’a Lisims
Government and has been occupied with
promoting and marketing the commercial
sale of Nass River sockeye salmon.

Nyce. is not the only northwesterner on
the board.

Prince Rupert mayor Herb Pond is also a
director at large and Telkwa mayor Sharon
Hartwell is the small communities’ repre-

cause of the Telus lock out/

fe : ~~ highway ‘paving’ ‘Project in’ strike which -affected work’ ~

"that delayed construction a

; post Sept. 30 as part of the association’s an- sentative on the board.

October. is Zero Crash Month. Drive Carefully. It's a fact that most crashes happen
close to home, so please: pay attention on the roads in your. community. Register at
zerocrashmonth.com for the road safety challenge and your chance to win a new car.

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grade under the road and
work needed to be done be-
fore paving. Telus was to.”
replace those lines with new _

pole lines but.then the strike
happened. It’s done now but

couple of weeks,” he said.

in BC!

More than. 75 crashes
involving Terrace: residents
are predicted to take place :
this. October. About 12
people will be injured. These
numbers: are unacceptable.

You can do something about
it, by taking. part in the
Community CrashReduction
Challenge in October, 2005.

How can you not want to.
participate? By helping
make October Zero Crash
Month, you could also
win. .$35,000 . toward .. the
purchase of a new car, and
your community could.
win a road safety grant to:
make ‘your streets safer
for family and _ friends.

ICBC. has predicted the
numberof collisions that will
take place in communities
across BC this month, based

Communities
that reduce their prediction
by. the. greatest margin, —
wins. Of course, everyone

Help make October |
Zero Crash Month

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To register for the challenge
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out your community’s crash

on how to drive more safely.

The Challenge is a joint| ©
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provincial government and
your local police. From Oct.
1 to 31, you can help reduce
the frequency and severity.|.
of motor vehicle crashes
and take the challenge
to drive more carefully

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up to $2,000 value per set (draws based on population categories); one bicycle plus accessories, up to $1,200 vatue, Eligibitity: Contest open to residents of British Columbia only. Contestants must answer a skill-testing question.
Grand prize winner must be 19 years of age or older. All prize winners must have no at-fault crashes or traffic convictions for the month of October (based on a driving record check). Chance of winning depends on number of entries received.

If B.C. drivers don’t get
serious about road safety,
ICBC predicts that there
will be 22,000 crashes and
6,500 people injured in those| _
crashes during October.|’

Dave Dickson

ICBC Manager Regional
Loss Prevention — North _
Central

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