A10 - The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, July 10, 1996 COMPANY vs. HIGHWAYS Store teeters on access A PROPOSED Real Canadian Warehouse Club store has hit a road- block over highway access to the property, Highways planner David Fisher is so far refusing to grant approval for an unrestricted access from the Keith Ave. site to the highway. He remained firm on the issue at last Thursday's city planning committec meeting. The highways ministry is basing its resirictions on projections for major traffic and continued growth of Ter: race/Thomhill. The long-range plan for Keith Ave. calls for traffic lights at the intersec- tions of Kalum and Kerr Streets. Westfair Properties Ltd.’s Real Ca- nadian Warehouse Club would fall Tight in between those two intersec- tions, on land behind the Kermedei Trading yellow gift house. Fisher says the distance between the intersections can accomodate future left turn lanes for those intersections, but can’t handle additional tuming lanes in and out of the store. He says traffic going to the store should turn off at Kalum or Kerr St. and use side streets to reach the store. *T have trouble understanding why something this big can’t survive with the traffic turning 100 metres earlier,’” he said. That has- some councillors worried about channelling. lots: of © traffic through the residential neighbourhood surrounding the store. Councillor David Hull said he didn’t want to see Feeney turn into a “race track,” “It’s our intent to keep traffic away from the residential area,’” said West- fair assistant development manager James Rinzema. So far neither side is budging. ~"Wehave to come up with some- thing, otherwise there will be nothing developed © there,’’ said — property owner Glen Saunders. Rinzema also indicated the develop- ment could be in- trouble if highways sticks to its-position. “We'd havea serious problem,’’ be said. ‘‘At the end of the day you need to have adequate access.to the high- way, ” Fisher said the ministry is trying to plan for the future.” ‘We're not trying to stop ‘develop- ment. We're trying to keep the high- way from getting too congested and keep customers away from the businesses.”’ “We're trying to avoid having to spend $15 million and build a new highway around the city.’’ Saunders said that seemed unlikely, pointing to Nanaimo, where he said there are 37 lit intersections, and the city is only now getting a bypass. Mayor Jack Talstra suggested the ‘developers try to cut a deal with Cana- dian Freightways -—~ which owns the — property immediately west — in an effort to get an access road west to Kalum St Rinzeina said they would try that, A proposal for a southern access to the site off of Feeney Ave, bas also ‘worrled residents, who fear a lot of traffic may came up their streets from Haugland to get to the property. City ‘councillors indicated they favour West Fair's proposed option of one direct highway access in and oul of the property. “I guess we throw it back to high- ways and the developer to fight it out,”’ said Hull. - The firm had been asking for two unrestricted entrances off of Keith. Without “highways approval, city cvuncil can’t approve the subdivision of the property required. The Chamber of Commerce is con- cemed the eventual plan to shunt highway access through Kalum or Kerr will hamper the ability of RVs and. motor homes to get to the Tourist Infocentre, Road is in, school’s out PLANS TQ extend the Nisga'’a Highway from Greenville to Kincolith won't be stopped by the Hospital olan status unknown under capital project freeze 1. A_ second percentage point will be cut in July, 1997. The tax reduclion is capped for taxpayers eam- province’s new freeze on capital projects, ‘We rescued the Nisga’a highway from the flames,” said Ian McLeod, director of communication for the Transportation Finance Authority. “It’s now agreed at all levels that the project is legally committed and the design vrork will proceed as previously stated.” That’s because all the money to be spent this year — $700,000 for design and engineering so far — is coming out of a federal government commitment to Fae provide $10 million for the Nisga’ a Highway. — . , “We're using the 10 mil- lion they provided in cash up front,” McLeod ex- plained. “‘The first 10 mil- lion that will be spent on this project will be the fed- eral dollars.”? The total estimated cost of vince. the project is $30 million, The capilal projects freeze does mean a six-month post- ponement of planning and design of a replacement for preciated,”” says Skcena BC. also cut ils provincial Skeena Jr. Secondary MLA Helmut Giesbrecht, personal income tax rate by school, Planned renovations to one per cent effective july Fires set a ae | THE THORNHILL Fire Department called the RCMP July 2 to investigate a fire they bad just ex- tinguished behind Thornhill Secondary School, The fire had been inten- tionally ses and youths had been seen in the wooded arca prior to smoke being visible. Police say that this is not the first time such fires have been set, and that it seenis to be an ongoing problem. They stress that this kind of activity is extremely dangerous. Police are asking anyone who has any information on these fires to please call Crimestoppers. All calls are confidential. ~PYL -PYL PYL. 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