A2 Terrace Review — Wednesday, August 15, 1990

Lazelle Ave. obstruction claims unwary victim

Terrace resident Marilyn
Kerr took on a Lazelle Ave.
manhole cover with her
Chrysler mini-van at about
dinner time last Wednesday
night and lost. It will cost

something like $2,500 to
straighten the frame, replace
a bent transmission case,
untangle the remains of the
oil pan from the crankshaft
and possibly replace the

engine block.

While major roadwork has been
ongoing on both Lazelle and
Halliwell Ave. in recent months,
six- to eight-inch-high manhole
covers have offered a special
challenge to motorists. But unlike

~most, Kerr says this one wasn’t

marked with a barricade, just a
single dust covered, dirt filled,
orange plastic bag.

Kerr says she was driving slowly
eastward, looking for a place to
turn into one of the commercial
parking lots on the north side of
Lazelle when she ran into the
manhole cover. The impact was a
good indicator that something was
wrong, but rather than stop in the
middle of the street, Kerr dragged
the manhole cover about another
50 feet with the rear axle of her

van in order to pull over to the

A GROWING POOL OF OIL and transmission fluid under this van demonstrates
that the manhole covers that project above the partially-finished grade on Lazelle

Ave. can be a hazard.

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side of the road.

ICBC has yet to complete an
official estimate of the damage and
will at some point be sorting out
liability, but the incident does raise
an issue of immediate concern for
the city: wandering barricades.
Director of Engineering Stew
Christensen says they have had
difficulty keeping barricades in
place on both Halliwell and
Lazelle, but Lazelle has been by
far ihe worst. Flashing amber
lights on Halliwell disappeared in
short order, says Christensen, and
barricades left on Lazelle Ave, at
the end of one working day have
been found a block away in the
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This vandalism, of sorts, caused
the city to hire an extra staff mem-
ber at one point. He worked from
1 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. and kept an
eye on barricades and signing on
both streets, The primary consider-
ation at the time, says Christensen,
was the safety of children who
seem to like playing near large
excavations. With major excava-
tion work now complete, however,
the city’s barricade watchman has

been laid off.

And there is a positive note for
concerned residents. Both con-
struction jobs are nearing comple-
tion. The western half of Halliwell

_ has already been paved, and accor-

ding to Christensen Lazelle Ave.
will be paved in a day or two
while the remainder of Halliwell
Ave. will be paved in a few
weeks. Something that might take
a little longer, however, is side-
walk construction on both streets
and until this work is complete
there may still be a need for barri-
cades marking specific hazards.
Local residents can help prevent
any further mishaps by immediate-
ly phoning either the city or the
police if they see any unmarked
hazards or witness anyone tamper-
ing with city barricades or signs.

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