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

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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

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