about paving compromise TERRACE — The residents at the top of the dirt-surfaced Park Ave. hill will be gliding down a newly-paved slope soon, but the roadway will be of a sub-standard width and: there will be no retaining devices in- stalled to prevent erosion on the hillside. City. Engineer Ralph Keen was. sent back to the drawing board: recently by Terrace 2 Terrace Review — Wednesday, July 30, 1986 Soncern expressed local | council because the pav- .ed road he designed for the hill overran the: pro- ject’s budget by $25,000. Under council’s instruc- tions Keen reworked the design by narrowing the. pavement width from 20 to 18 feet and striking out $16,000 for purchase and installation of ‘‘ga- beon baskets’? to rein- force the hillside in some. areas. above and below the roadway. The new The steep Park Ave. hill Is slated for pavement this sum- mer, Dust control will be a forgotten issue for residents at the east end of Park Ave. after asphait is laid this year. proposal, ~ which ‘came within $3,000 of the. Original budget, was ac- cepted by council members and resident. users of the road at .a council meeting July 24. In his written submis- -sion, however, Keen ex- pressed several reserva- tions: about the new design, saying, ‘‘...it is my considered opinion that slope stability works, both above and below this narrow road- way, are a necessity, and they will have to be pro- vided - if not at this time then at a later date.”” **Gabeon baskets’’ are a familiar sight along roads cut ‘across steep hillsides, being large mesh cages filled with coarse rock that are packed against crumbl- ing slopes to prevent earth and stone from washing onto the road- way.- In his. original design Keen had _provid- ed for installation of these devises along 250 feet of the road, partly due to the necessity for carving out part of the upper slope to accom- modate, 22 feet.of road and curb works, Although the final design leaves the slope intact with a 20-foot width of road (18 feet of asphalt and two feet for curb), Keen warned that rock and gravel washing down the uphill side of the road during heavy rains could scour out the sand and crush base under the pavement. Ald. Robert Cooper contended that the road drainage system would prevent such an even- tuality, but Keen pointed out that . gutters throughout the city fre- quently become clogged with debris, compacted snow andice. | Attached to the revis- ed design for the road were photocopies of ap- plicable sections from the Ministry of Municipal Affairs guidelines for road con- struction, The minimum width’ suggested for a curbed local roadway of the Park Ave. hill category is 28 feet. Keen expressed doubts regarding the winter safety of the narrower design, stating that the two percent cross-grade incorporated in the design to allow for water drainage could create a collision hazard if black ice formed on the steep hill. Work on the new pavement is expected to begin soon. Fo remain within budget, the Park Avenue hill In Terrace wil be paved toa wat 0 of 1. faet instead of the 20 feet calied for in the orlginal plans, Pigeon restrictions take final formin Terrace oo TERRACE — The con- metaphors became a way appears that “the” -Con- _tentious issue of where of life for overstressed pet pigeons can be kept journalists, but it now been laid to nest. in the municipality may have ruffled its last feather in council chambers, A recommen- dation from city ad- ministration has. been adopted by council members, and an amend- ed bylaw will appear at the August 11 meeting for the consideration of the mayor and aldermen. The amended animal control bylaw will simply restrict raising of the birds to land parcels greater than one-third of an acre, effectively keep- ing them out of the densely-populated downtown and Horse- shoe areas of the city. The number of pigeons kept. is not restricted, but coops must be set back 20 feet from roads and property lines. For Terrace council, the pigeon question has been an issue that came in to roost at in- numerable council meetings. Petitions were filed, heated arguments echoed, accusations flew, and accounts were heard of hostilities among neighbors, bird- fanciers, cat lovers and bylaw-enforcers. Pigeon troversy may finally have Kelly Prinz, of Terrace, enjoys a cool drink while waiting for breakfast to be served at the Riverboat Days pancake breakfast outside Skeena Mall on Saturday. Daniale Berquist photo A Bountiful Harvest of Replies Comes From Our Classified Ads ere IRN te ee ene RO we eRe a tS eR ee -