Alé - The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, November 19, 2003 Drowning Sparks road review By SARAH A. ZIMMERMAN THE DEATH of a Prince Rupert girl in a car accident 62 km’ west of: here two months ago has prompted high- ways officials to look at ways to make area highways safer for. drivers. Area transportation official Don Ramsay is hoping to install: rumble strips along some parts.of Highway : 16 in hopes they will wake up -dri- vers falling asleep at ‘the’ whee] or who are otherwise distracted. . “Tm looking at sometime:finding an opportunily to inventory all of the sites between” here~and “Rupert and possibly going east as well where there are non-guardrailed: sections of highway adjacent to water or curves where a driver could, leave “the people from going into the slough.” That’s because the other side of the highway is bordered by the | city council and others to install guardrails along Slickenslide slough where Francis Loeppky, 7, died after the car she was in flipped onto ils roof into the 12-foot.deep slough. She drowned in the chilly water despite heroic cflorts of passing mot- orists to rescue the girl. Investigation revealed the girl's father, driving at the time of the ac~- cident; had fallen asleep at the wheel, '- But Ramsay says that section of road ‘does not meet criteria set out ‘by the the highways ministry: for the installation of guardrails. “The exposed slough is about 900 ‘metres — that is a huge expanse of concrete barrier which I don’t have threat than the sloughs. But Ramsay says the latest acci- dent has underscored the need for rumble strips on curves and hills bor- dered hy water. He plans to take an inventory of possible trouble spots and , spots where there have been fatalities in the 2004-05 budget to do the work. Doing the-inventory. is. important because the ministry can get a much reduced per metre price if rumble strips are installed over a greater distance, he said. Skeena River which poses a greater | the past then assess whether it’s in fj road,” Ramsay explains. funding for,” Ramsay says. The move comes after Ramsay received requests from Prince Rupert “Ti’s an unusual situation to put If it’s not in the budget to do all the spots identified Ramsay said V Sle for 3 nite time at ar mer concrete barriers up to prevent spots will have to be priorized. - Knox United Church (Terrace) 4507 Lazetle Tuesday 9:30 am »* Tuesday 5:30 pm, 7:00 pm | eatings or Onlina subsctip tion P vid coh AWerst jademark. All rights reseryag Prods, . yrs _ S008 Weigh Watchers Inemat @ Crafty AVELINE McCONNELL tempted shoppers with this door prize at the the Mills Memorial Hospital Auxilliary's craft fair two weekends ago. Floods underline connector need By JENNIFER LANG FLOODING in the Nass Valley has highlighted concerns over the condi- tion of the Cranberry Con- nector, a forestry raad linking Nass Camp with Highway 37, The 40-km long gravel road is io longer - main- tained, even though it’s still used by residents and tourists. The Kitimat Stikine re- gional district and the Nisga’a Lisims Govern- ment are jointly cam- paigning to have the road recognized as a provincial highway. - In the event of a natural disaster like a flood or a forest fire, the Cranberry Connector would provide a vital secondary route oul of the Nass Valley for resi- dents, regional district dir- ectot Dave Brocklebank said. “That connector is an- other access out of thal valley,” Brocklebank said. His remarks came just days before flooding on the Nisga’a highway tempor- arily cut off the main road access into the Nass Val- ley. The floods also de- strayed the bridge at No Name Creek, severing road access to the south for Kincolith and Green- ville residents. According to New Ha- zelton director Peter Wee- ber, the road is in horren- dous shape. “It-needs to be maintained,” Weeber said. “Thal road carries thou- sands of residents: and tourists.” Lobbying efforts mighl not produce results for sev- eral years. 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