Hill rebuild years away Traffic projections don’t justify Lanfear work until year 2011 By JEFF NAGEL TRAFFIC LEVELS won't justify rebuilding the road up Lanfear Hill for at feast 10 and maybe 20 years. That’s the conclusion of city director of engineering Stew Christensen. Some city councillors expressed surprise at that estimate, but Christensen said it’s based on new traffic flow studies that even take into account the increased flow of vehicles expecicd to use the route to get to the new Canadian Tire store. Traffic studies say the 4,400 vehicles per weekday now using the hill is expected to increase to around 8,000 by the year 2011. And even that is within guidelines that indi- cate up to 12,000 vehicles per day is acceptable for a two- lane urban collector. ; Further slumping of the road would force action faster, however, Current estimates are more than $2 million to cut a new road into the hill side and shore it up with retaining walls. Retaining walls are necessary because federal fisheries officials have said they will not allow the culverting of any portions of Howe Creek below the hill because it contains fish habitat. Christensen questions that logic because the fish in the creek were all introduced. ‘‘It was strictly a ditch. It was nothing but a ditch. And it was never a fish-bearing stream until trout were planted in il,”’ he said, Any coho there, he added, are escapees from the Eby St. hatchery, as fish cannot get up the creek from the Skeena. *‘Now we have a road that we can’t expand that will one day need to serve ten or fifteen thousand people on the bench,’? mayor Jack Talstra noted, saying the cily perhaps should have discouraged ‘‘well-meaning’’ groups from tying to introduce fish there. “‘T don’t see the need to have that road rebuilt as far as traffic is concerned until the year 2011,” Christensen replied. ‘TI think we’re that far away from needing to rebuild that hill.’ Councillors Tim Down and David Hull said it wouldn't take much more erosion to reduce the road to a single lane, probably forcing the city to turn it into a one-way-onrly route — either up hill only or downhill only. Down said the road is needed to service the massive growth expected to continue on the city’s bench lands. Hull also added that if the city loses the hill it would create major problems maintaining adequate emergency response service to portions of the bench. “A week or two of heavy rains and an earth tremor and that thing’s going to fall off the hill,’’ Hull said. A number of councillors wanted Christensen to include the project in requests the city is making for federal- provincial Infrastructure Works money. But Christensen said the work simply could not be fin- ished within the one-year time limit set out in the guidelines for the grant money. “Going real fast might not be smart,’ Talstra added. “I’m thinking off that road that fell off ‘the hill i in Prince George.”’ me Bio ehhe Council will debate the matter further, Christensen \ wants city hal! to approve $35,000 to recap the upper portions of the road to keep water from getting info the road base there, assuming a major rebuild won't take place for years The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, April 16, 1997 - A3 gas} 7914555 GERCORE! Moe’s caravan dream MIGHTY MOE says what's needed in town is an RV park right downtown to draw RV caravans to town. “We could have two or three RV caravans a night coming through here,” he says. “The old lady can go souvenir shopping, the old man can go golfing.” The perfect location, he says are the older homes be- tween the library park and the new medical centre, possibly tied in to a new recreation centre or convention centre. But Moe says his ideas aren't being taken seriously. “Everybody's giving me the runaround,” he says. "We could have the monopoly on tourism in the northwest right here.” Greig Ave. tops city’s road money wish list RECONSTRUCTION of portions of Greig Ave fo revitalize the city’s downtown cast side is at the top of the city’s list of requests for federal-provincial money. The city is asking for $2.2 million in projects in total from the new B.C.-Canada Infrastructure Works program. One third of the costs would be bome by including a traffic light at Park and Kalum, for a total of $800,000. M@ Eby St. from Park Ave. to McConnell, at a cost of $500,000. M@ Triffic lights at Lazelle and Eby, and Lakelse and Eby, at a cost of $180,000. Councillors badn’t determined exactly where in the budget they'd find the city’s city laxpayers, one-third would be paid by share of the projects, but agreed that even the province and one-third would be paid borrowing would be worthwhile, by the federal governments. * “It's 33-cent dollars we're talking The Greig Ave. project would be worth about,’’ mayor Jack Talstra said. about $700,000. City officials predicted they’d have a Other reconstruction projects, in order of good chance of getting one or two projects, the city’s priority, include: but not the entire list. Word is expected by News In Brief Gov't manager moves on THE HIGHWAYS ministry’s northwest regional director has been transferred to an equivalent posting in Kamloops. Jon Buckle, who worked here for 8 and a half years, be- comes responsible for the Thompson-Okanagat region. That’s a huge arca stretching from Williams Lake in the north to the American border in the south and from the Fraser Canyon in the west to past Kamloops i in the cast. “Time flies in hurry when you're someplace you en- joy,” said Buckle last week, adding he'll miss the north. Taking Buckle’s Place, here is Dirk Nyland, the minis- try’s regional enginecring manager. He'll keep responsibil- ity for engineering in addition to his new duties. — Buckle was based in Terrace during a time of significant highway construction, including several major projects toward Prince Rupert, north on Hwy37 and in. the Smithers/Hazelton area. Enumeration continues FEDERAL ENUMERATORS continue their door knock- ing tonight to put together the voters list for the next feder- al election, widely anticipated to be held June 2. Nearly 300 enumerators fanned out over the Skeena riding beginning last week. Their door-to-door work began last Thursday and continucs until this evening. Enumerators will leave postage-paid registration forms if they've failed to make contact after two visits. This list will become the core for a permanent voters list, avoiding the lengthy and expensive process of assembling one each time a federal election is held. Tory nomination date set THE PROGRESSIVE CONSERVATIVE party meets May 4 to select its Skeena candidate for the fcdera] elec- tion. Constituency association president John McNish said the nomination meeting will take place at 1:30 p.m. at the Coust Prince Rupert Hotel in the penthouse room. Nominations close two weeks before that on April 20, So far Kent Glowinski, an 18-year-old McGill University stu- dent, is the only declared candidate. Dope seizures made TERRACE RCMP made a huge drug bust April 11, net- ting some $375,000 in marihuana from a Copper River Road residence. Police say a search uncovered some 350 marihuana plants at various stages of growth, as well as about five kilograms of marihuana. A 55-year-old adult man was arrested in connection with the bust. He will be charged with cultivation of marihuana, possession for the purposes of trafficking and possession of a narcotic, kkkkk Another man was arrested April 4 after a search of a Gossen Creek home revealed a number a of pot plants. Some 13 marihuana plants were seized, along with a half kilogram of marihuana and hydroponic equipment. The man arrested is to appear in Terrace court May 16, ‘charged with cultivation of marikwana, possession for the purposes of trafficking and possession of marihuana. Police say the investigation is ongoing and more charges are expected. to come. @ Kalum St from Park Ave. to Tuck St, mid-June, ‘a Brian C. Felt c et tis | Criminal . YOUR QUIET DOWNTOWN CHOICE Public Viewing / Call for Camments Forest Licence A16835 Forest Development Pian (1997 - 2003) including the Road Maintenance and Deactivation Plan Repap British Columbia Inc. - Terrace Operations Repap Gritish Columbia inc. (RBC), Terrace Operations invites you to view and comment on our Forest Development Plan for the years 1997 through 2003. This Plan applies to our operations on Forest Licence A16835 in and around the Terrace area. We will be showing these plans at the following locations and times. Apill 15+ Juna 46, 1997: Repap Buitish Columbia (ne, - Woodlands Office Mon. to Fri., 8:00 a.m.-4:30 p.m. 4900 Keith Ave. Terrace, B.C, April 15- June 15, 1997: Terrace Public Library Regular Cparating Hours 4610 Park Ave, Terrace, B.C, Friday, May 9, 1997: Skeena Mali, Terrace B.C. 2:00 p.m, + 9;00 0.m, Saturday, May 10, 1597: 10:00: a.m. - 6:00 p.m. Skeena Mat, Terrace B.C. Representatives from Repap British Columbia Inc. will be available at the RBC Woodlands office and in the Skeena Mall to answer your questions, Comment sheets will be available at all tocatlons. The Forest Practices Code of British Calumbia Act requires holders of a Forest Licence ta submit a Forest Development | Plan to the District Manager of the B.C, Ministry of Forests. This Plan must be prepared by a Professional Forester The main purpose of the Forest Development Plan (FDP) is te ensure that proposed harvesting operations address integrat- ed resource management constraints, aboriginal use, and other public and resource uses. The FOP identifies those cutblocks and roads which -the licence may include In applications during the term of the FOP, It also indicates proposed road deactiva- tion activities for the next three years.” The Forest Development Plan must be consistent with the Forest Act, the Forest Practices Code of British Columbia Act, the Forest Licence, the Managernent-Plan for the Licence, and any Highter-Level plans in effect for the Licence at the time the Forest Development Plan is submitted. + Upon review of these plans, please provide any comments you may have, in writing to: oe oe : Stephen Visztal, R.P.F. « Resource Planning Forester : Repap British Columbla Inc., Terrace Operations ’ 4900 Heilh Avenue, Terrace B.C. VBG SLB (fax: (250) 638-5720) 4 We ask that you provide these comments to us no later than June 18, 1997. 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