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Highways takeover bidders
down to two local firms

Out of five contractors who
originally purchased tender
documents, there are two left
who are still interested in taking

over the highway and bridge
maintenance operations in the
Terrace area.

They are Kentron Construc-

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ly logging roads.

However, when asked about
funding for the upgrading of
Halliwell, if it were considered
to be part of the Kitselas cor-
ridor, Parker would only say
that it didn’t come under Minis-
try of Forests jurisdiction and
that the city has applied to the
Ministry of Municipal Affairs
for a cost-sharing agreement —
an application which he said he
supported and would follow up
in Victoria.

When asked about alternate
routes to Kitselas, Parker said
that no alternatives were discuss-
ed. ‘‘It’s not an alternate route,
it has to do with fitting in with
that haul route,’’ he said. He ex-
plained that once the logging
road leaves North Sparks it
becomes a Ministry of Forests
concern and when it reaches
Kitselas Flats it then becomes a
Ministry of Transportation and
Highways road, but neither
ministry is involved in the city
portion of the route.

The Sustut timber license was
also discussed, and in explaining
some of the history of the
Hazelton mills, Parker says that
Westar built the Carnaby mill as
a replacement for the Rim
Forest Products mill and it was

Westar who promised the Hazel-
tons that they would keep the
Rim mill open only if they could
obtain a new cutting license.
But, ‘‘They weren’t successful in
obtaining the Sustut timber so
they closed the mill, which was
what they were going to do in
the first place.”’

Parker admitted that the deci-
sion to award the license to the
Prince George companies was in
part due to the fact that the
government could get a portion
of the B.C. Railway northern ex-
tension rebuilt at no cost to the
government. He said that the
overall deal provided the best
social and economic benefit to
the province and that was the
first criteria set forth in legisla-
tion dealing with the ajudication
of bids.

He added that the Prince
George mills were getting no
break in stumpage rates to cover
the cost of the reconstruction,
and as far as the Hazeltons are
concerned, a study is currently
under way to determine if there
is any surplus allowable cut
which would provide a potential
opportunity for the Hazeltons.
He expects to have an answer on
that one by the fall.

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tion of Kitimat and Don Hull
and Sons of Terrace. Privatiza-
tion Restucturing Group coor-
dinator Peter Clark said last
week that the government is cur-
rently involved in study and
negotiation with the two com-
panies over their detailed pro-
posals for running the opera-
tion.

Kentron manager L.G, Scott
told the Terrace Review his com-
pany has successfully under-
taken many contracts for the
Ministry of Highways, most of
them involving roadway con-
struction and grade preparation.
Kentron has been doing business
in the area for six years, but
Scott noted that the principals in
the company have done road-
work in the Northwest for 35
years.

“We're not new to snow
removal, storms or floods,’
Scott remarked. ‘‘I’m quite con-
fident we can do the job.’’

A spokesman for Don Hull
and Sons declined to comment.

The Privatization Group ex-
pects to make the final contract
award well before winter sets in..

Terrace Review — Wednesday, July 20, 1988 3

Wy LAND APPLICATION

HITS MAJOR SNAG

An application by Mount
Layton Hot Springs developer
Bert Orleans to purchase an un-
disclosed amount of crown land
at the south end of Lakelse Lake
has been tied up indefinitely.

Orleans began negotiating
with the crown several months
ago to buy the area adjacent to
his multi-million dollar resort
development, with the intention

' of building an 18-hole golf

course. In an interview two
weeks ago Ed Opal, manager for
development and marketing
with the Skeena regional office
of the Lands Branch, said he ex-
pected to have the application
“wrapped up” by July 19.
Yesterday, however, Opal told
the Terrace Review there has
been ‘‘a basic setback”’ in the
process.

Opal declined to comment on
the nature of the setback, but he
did say, ‘‘There are some real
problems out there — environ-
mental problems. This is a very
complicated situation.”

In another interview at the
end of June Brian Fuhr, the
Skeena regional head of the
habitat division for B.C. Fish
and Wildlife, said the area in

question forms a ‘‘regionally
significant”’ fish habitat for cut-
throat and Dolly Varden trout,
stickleback, and coho and
sockeye salmon, Fuhr said at
that time the Ministry of En-_
vironment and the federal De-
partment of Fisheries and
Oceans have had the area under
observation for years, but with
the application to buy the land
filed they began a more intensive
survey. ‘It’s a high priority at
this point for us to conclude the
matter,”’ he said.

While Orleans and the govern-
ment continue to negotiate the
purchase, last week the North-
west Chapter of the Steelhead
Society of B.C. sent a resolution
to the Lands Branch calling for
the creation of a wildlife man-
agement area for just over 2,000
hectares of the land Orleans is
attempting to buy.

Ed Opal said the Steelhead
Society proposal is under discus-
sion, Opal added that the deci-
sion will have to be made within
a time margin that will allow
Orleans to commence develop-
ment before freeze-up if the golf
course proposal is to go ahead
this year.

Sponsored by the

The new president
of the
National Action Committee on
the Status of Women

Lynn Kaye

will be in Terrace
Monday, August 1, 1988

She will be speaking on methods of political action,
and the effects of free trade on women.

No-host luncheon $6.00, Pizza Hut 1:00 p.m.
RSVP by July 27 — Phone 635-2695 or 635-5434

Terrace Women’s Resource Centre 42iI¢

Aspecial display of phone services
for those with special needs.

We have products and services that
can make the telephone more
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hearing, speech, sight or motion

impairments.

From Thursday, July 28 until

Thursday, August 18, a sample of our
range of special services will be on
display at B.C. Tel’s PhoneMart in
Terrace at 3236 Kalum Street from
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If you, or someone you know, has a
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following numbers:

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