Hallock,

Last October,’ environmental.
concerns - due to burning refuse
the Terrace dump came to a

: “head: — at least for:one Kalum

‘Lake Drive resident, Cameron.
Hamer. Hamer was: upset be-
_ Cause the city had spent taxpay-
ers hard-earned dollars on a sign
saying “Sanitary Landfill?’ and:
- posed it at the dump. -

The problem, said Hamer at
the. time, was that the dump was -
anything ‘but sanitary. He said
_-that in spite of another sign,
_ which states “No Burning”’, Tef-

‘Hospital concerned

Terrace Review: _— - Wednesday, February 22, 1989

_Kalum Lake Dr. residents still
~ smouldering over dump fires —

_ use is burned: ona regular basis,

polluting the neighborhood and
degrading the environment. ©

«Hamer said. that he‘and. some:
of his ‘neighbors complained to ;
- dump management, city admin-

istration, cou cil and Environ-
ment Canada — but to no avail.

‘Siiperintendent ‘of Public -

Works Stew Christensen was

contacted at the time and said -
his department felt there was no -
cause:.for concern. The" only
‘material the. city’. -burns. at the

dump is waste wood..

about intersection.

~The Terrace Health Care So-

- ciety. board: of. directors have —

.. approved. avland easement to.

“allow the: city and ‘Ministry of
an ‘Highways’ to ‘proceed with a:

“project to increase ‘the turning
“radius from Hwy. 16 onto Tet-_.

“yault: St..The board met with
. the city last summer to request
“the change, saying it was diffi- |
cult for emergency vehicles: to '.

turn onto Tetrault from Hwy.

16 when approaching Mills Me-
morial Hospital from the Sande
overpass.

. The improvement, however,

- “won't address another concern:
oo of the board — entering Hwy.

6 from Tetrault. At a meeting

| - Gross ng |
judged”
safe.

St. intersection has been com-
-pleted and a report submitted to.

- council suggests no action’ is

‘required. According to the re-
port, after considering the
-marked crosswalk, overhead pe-
destrian signs and the low:num-

~ ber of pedestrians using the in-

tersection, ‘‘there does not ap-
pear to be any ‘need for
‘change’. * «

Council, has decided, how-_—
_ ever, that they should continue

‘to monitor the intersection. Ac-
cording to-.a report from the
Planning and Public Works
- Committee, some improvements
have been ‘made but there are

. still concerns with trucks park-

ing on the travelled portion of
‘the road and the number of ac-

°. ¢eS8 points to Hwy. 16 and Ken-,
ney in the proximity of the in-_

tersection.

Asa result, council has asked
- ‘administration to continue mon-
--ftoring the numiber of accidents
at the intersection and the

Superintendent of Public Works
~ has been asked to meet with the
Ministry of Highways to deter-

“maine the number of existing and |
planned access points. As ¢x-
. “plained | by alderman, Ruth -
“The intersection |
seems té be a getting mote and .
“more congested and we want to -
‘now if we, can, limit the

_ anaer Oo

last summer, the board com:

plained that the intersection. Was

numbers. of access points to

Hwy. 16 and Tetrault in the

vicinity of the intersection,’

“Yn fact, two of our staff mem-

bers were involved in anauto-.
- mobile. accident last .:-week,’’

wrote Carelius. He explained
that the accident was:a result of
heavy. traffic and. poor visibility

and described the intersection as
_ “awkward and dangerous”’;.

He. suggested that now ‘the

turning: ‘radius project was set to

proceed, -it-may be: appropriate

to. begin a traffic study on the
intersection in order to finda.
solution, Carelius suggested that -

- ‘traffic lights-or one-way traffic.
may help. His comments have .
| been sent to the Planning and
7 ‘TERRACE — An RCMP traffic
7 “study of the Hwy. 16/Kenney

Public Works Committee and
the RCMP for a recommenda-
tion. .

“cause” for-concern. when’ -Tesi-
- dents using the dump light: their.
‘waste ‘materials on:fire for:any °

hand, it--was: hoped: the trash:
-arsonists, ‘would. begin to respect
‘the rights, of their. Kalum Lake

ed and, following ~ procedure,
' they advised thé. Public Works

dangerous and this:.was.com- ‘Department,

pounded by the location and -

—_

Fe AM Rtas TT

He added ‘though, there was

reason. ‘He ‘said: this occurs: “far

too ‘often,. creates an. unneces- |
‘sary. problem, ‘and the-only ex-
-planation is that some people |
just. don’t. ‘want anyone else to |

see what they’re disposing.
With no easy solution at

Drive neighbors. and cease. and

desist: But -the burning contin- -}
‘J ues, AS ‘recently ‘as last week the |
; neighborhood. was. choked with }
a thick blanket of. smoke and the
. complaints. began again,

The fire department was. call-

who investigated
the. problem. Public Works
crews decided the fire was seri-
ous enough to. ‘warrant a fire

truck. and one was dispatched.

In a-more recent complaint, ; But fire chief Cliff Best says that

, dated Jan. 30, MMH executive
director Norm Carelius: told the
city that both hospital staff and -
visitors “experience much diffi-
-qulty’”’ accessing the highway.

these. fires aren’t easy to extin-

_ guish.

There’s. no hydrant at the
dump and all firemen can do is

dump $500 gallons of water on

the fire, drive back to town to
refill the truck, then return to
the dump and offer protection.

to the bulldozer driver while ‘he f am

attempts to push the burning

-refuse: aside. But under these ~
conditions the fires, which Best .

says they respond. to “quite
‘often’’, are ‘‘just about. impos-
sible to put out”. .

According to. Best, the fires -
‘are away from brush and other. 1
flammable materials and are not

dangerous in that respect. It is a

‘problem for local residents
though, he says, and one solu- |
‘tion may be a return to a previ-

ous system where residents paid

a fee to use the dump and the |
gate was locked after hours.

Date . Hb ‘Low

Feb.13 .- 1 «-10 -
_Feb.14 0 -11

Feb. 15 2 = 5.

Feb. 16. 2 = 8.

Feb.:17 ~ 2 — 9

Feb.18° «-- 1 -8
_ Feb. Wed ~ 6

night lows - near freezing.

Weather report — February 13 . 19, 1989

’ Forecast: Becoming. milder with higher rai of. . :
precipatation.. ‘Afternoon highs - above freezing; ¢ over: ,

inconvenience.

Carol Harvie. a
‘Dirottor, Northwest A&D-
2: 3215 Eby Street,
“Terrace, B.C.
098-817 #

re aa ee -

“Northwest Alechol & Drug: Services
Would like to inform anyone interested in calling. |
-. our office..In. Terrace for. information :that: the | -
‘phone ‘number in the TRY booklet that arrived in
your mailbox is the wrong riumber. - oT
The number: for the Terrace NWADS office is | oe.
“638-8117. The number listed in the booklet is for | -
the Terrace Public Library. We. apologize for ony a

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Talstra making it official by signing & proclamation. On hand to witness
the event last week in the mayor's office were (left) Erlinda Okano and Eva
Berg. Members of the Terrace Multicultural Association are making
pregentations in local schools this week, and the crowning event — the
annual International Potluck Dinner — takes place Sunday evening atthe -
Thornhill Community Centre. Tickets are available from Slant and Sound,

- Misty River Books and association members.”

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