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Mixed reaction to upgrade

by Glenn Werkman
The Review

Municipal leaders have wel-
comed Highways Minister Rita
Johnston’s announcement of plans
for the Pat Bay Highway.

But others arent impressed with
a new designation for expressway
status and have called for interven-

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A Martindale Road

“Tt seems to me that’s what they
were planning all along,” said
Clarence Bolt, spokesman for the
Save Saanich Peninsula Commu-

nities citizen’s group.

“We're going to the ombuds-
man about the whole process,”
Bolt said. “There is no overall
design concept for the Pat Bay
Highway. *

There is widespread opposition
to the Central Saanich interchange,
proposed for the Island View Road
intersection because of a large
amount of private land required,
Bolt said. ;

“This 1s totally ill-conceived,”
Bolt said.

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ACCIDENT HISTORY 1981 - 1988

Accidents

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Mt. Newton Crossroad

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Keating Crossroad

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Sayward Road
Hamsterley Road
Cordova Bay Road

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~ Claremont Avenue
Haliburton Road

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Lily Avenue

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Bolt said that a $75-million
estimate: to bring the entire high-
way to expressway standard will
likely be too low, considering the
cost estimate for the Island View/
Keating interchange is $14 mil-
lion.

SSPC called for a moratorium
on highway planning after public
mectings chaired by Saanich and
The Islands MLAs were held in
November.

The group requested detailed
design proposals, back-up studies
showing traffic generators, catch-
ment areas and ferry traffic, plus
impact studies on the effect on
agricultural land, local planning
and business and the environment
generally.

MAYORS’ COMMENT

Central Saanich Mayor Ron
Cullis is pleased the ministry is
going ahead with the project, but
Said two issues remain.

“Some modifications should be
added to the design to make it-a
little more compatible to Central
Saanich,” Cullis said.

Another issue is a southern
highway frontage road to be inter-
connected with Saanich, he said.
Plans are to close Martindale and
extend Lochside Drive to link
Island View and Martindale.

Cullis admitted that Alternative
3, chosen by council as the best of
three, calls for the most amount of
private property expropriation.

“Based on the feedback from
people at the public meetings, and
the. long-term design requirements,
im concept it was the best choice,”
Cullis said.

Cullis said he personally isn’t
worried about the highway being
designated an expressway instead
of freeway.

Sidney Mayor Norma Sealey
said, “I’m glad the safety con-

" cerns won out in this case.

Sealey said that discussion of a
separated grade intersection for
Beacon Avenue has been on the
Town of Sidney books for 20 years.

She’s especially pleased with
the schedule for the intersection

improvements.

“The sooner the better as far as
we're concerned,” Sealey said.
“My understanding is that the
design engineers were informed to
get back on track immediately.”

Other Sidney intersections will
need work and Sealey expects high
traffic volumes will dictate which
get first attention.

She has a concern for the
McDonald Park Road intersection
because of limited vision for traf-
fic turning left to go southbound
on the highway.

The McDonald Park Road inter-
section will likely be closed while
McTavish Road, Weiler Avenue

and Amity Drive intersections will —

remain the same.

In North Saanich, Mayor Linda
Michaluk said the interchange for
Lands End-Curteis-Point Roads is
being investigated by the North
Saanich liaison committee —
made up of citizens, highway and
ferry staff, and representatives of

both local MLAs and North Saa-

nich council and staff.

Ald. Art McKinnon, council’s
representative on the committee,
said Friday: “I think it’s a reason-
able compromise on the highway
end of things.”

McKinnon said that things
should be ready to go in the
beginning of next year to start
work on the Lands End Road
interchange.

He missed a meeting March 6
but said talks about the ferry
terminal upgrade “were miles
apart” previously.

North Saanich engineer Igor
Zahynacz said the interchange
design meets all of council’s previ-
ously expressed concerns except
that it requires expropriation, con-
trary to council’s directive than no
private land be used. — :

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