. oak ~ woe - . Se REEE ATS ET ate see ese neinenees ame oe a NEP eT 7 — a Petrie ce eee: slotted for pavement next year The long-awaited paving of the gravel portion of Halliwell’ Ave. will take place this year, and the city hopes that up- ‘grading the balance of Halliwell can be done in 1989 through a second revenue-sharing grant or with the help of Forests Minister, Dave Parker, who has offered the city ‘‘technical assistance, if required,’’ in either upgrading Halliwell to accom- moderate logging traffic or building an alternate route. Parker has told the city that he had been advised of the ap- proval of a 50 percent cost- sharing agreement on the gravel portion of Halliwell. ‘Similar assistance will be considered for the paved portion along with other applications received,’’ he stated. City Administrator Bob Hallsor said the city made a revenue-sharing agreement with the Ministry of Municipal Af- fairs last May following two years of negotiation. A similar agreement may be available on the paved portion this year. He said he interpreted Parker’s letter as saying the pav- ed portion meets Highways criteria and could go ahead when provincial funds were made available. ‘‘If we’re going to investigate other routes, then they (the Ministry of Forests) may give us technical assistance. Also, there’s the possibility of some dollars,” said Hallsor. ‘From the discussions we’ve had with him (Parker) there’s a possibility of some dollars that may be applied to the paved por- tion of Halliwell.” ~ Hallsor said that Halliwell Ave. qualifies for a cost-sharing agreement because, although it is not considered by the province tobeanarterial road, it does take direct traffic from provincial - roads (Kalum Lake Drive and North Eby) and steers it into the municipality. However, Hallsor added, ‘‘It remains to be seen if there’s enough Municipal Affairs shar- ing money available.”’ WU blame Wagon. Halliwell aoe a 7 Terrace Review — Wednesday, January 20, 1988 3 Logs continue to roll out of the forests surrounding Terrace, but independent contractors fear a price squeeze with the province's new stump: age rate structure. Minister of Forests Dave Parker said recently those fears are unfounded for loggers who are willing to “fine-tune” their operations, Parker says small loggers need efficiency to survive Lumber costs will be going up, according to Minister of Forests Dave Parker, but it’s not going to hurt the small logging contractor any more than the large mill. 7 fa by Tod Sirachan Small logging contractors have said it is getting ‘‘harder and harder to negotiate new con- tracts’? with the larger mills because the large mills are trying to counteract higher costs under the new forestry policy by refus- ing to add higher trucking costs into new contracts. John Smaha of Jasak Logging said recently, ‘‘We’re spinning our wheels and getting nowhere,’’ and suggested the small contractor would be better off to sell out than continue operating. This was countered by Skeena Cellulose Forests Manager Pat Ogawa, who said increased costs are not con- sidered in negotiating new con- tracts with logging contractors. Alderman Bob Cooper, a for- mer logging contractor who still owns West Kalum Logging, said the phrase ‘‘Negotiating con- Accordiang to Parker, new forestry policy which places the onus for roadbuilding and refor-' estation on the timber license holder, usually the large mill, will have no effect on the logg- ihg industry becausé everyone is’ affected inthe same way, regardless of the size of their operation, ‘Parker explained that the small contractor; the one cutting the trees and hauling to the mill, is the ‘‘primary’’ contractor while the large operator, the mill; is’ a‘secondary industry.’ He suggested that up-to-date logg- ing practices would insure an Come read all about it when we use our computer to print your “Special Edition” of honest profit for the small con- tractor. » ‘The primary. product in the forest industry is the logs,’’ said Parker, ‘‘The log is the first pro- duct and sawmilling is secondary industry: The logs’ liave to’ ‘be matched to the plant to which continued on page 21 Sr cee, te ny WALA What Happene onthe Da You Were Born? \ a Dp . 4 f. a j 2 | \ _ contractors simply have to main- i \ eSB: rt | | @. ai Alma Joachim 636-1204 DIT TSN? tain a strong loggers association Diane Moroskat 635-4375 and increase their individual ef- ficiency. 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