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Wednesday, August 8,1990 — A5

* One-way connector tabled by council

by Mare Davis
The Review

A Central Saanich committee
postponed possible plans to make
either Veyaness Road or East Saa-
nich Road accessible to one-way
traffic only recently.

Meeting as the public works
committee, council decided to
defer a decision to study the fea-

asibility of a one-way traffic system,

~at a cost of up to $2,500.

The recommendation for the

_ study was made by municipal staff

after Veyaness Road residents

complained the road was too nar-

row and was not safe for pedestri-
ans. :

Committee chairman Ald. Ed
Hernblad said a one-way routing
of truck traffic down either East
Saanich Road or Veyaness Road
was unnecessary.

He said a gravel walkway was
being constructed on Veyaness
Road, which should adequately
deal with safety concerns of
pedestrians.

® The construction of the Island

View Interchange would also help
telieve the amount of heavy traffic
that uses Veyaness Road, he added.

@ Municipal engineer Al Mackey

said the walkway construction, to
be undertaken along Veyaness
Road, is scheduled for completion
on Sept. 15

Motorcycle stolen
Sidney RCMP are investigating

‘@ report of theft of a motorcycle

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from a carport on Melville Drive
in Sidney, sometime during the
day July 24.

Police said the motorcycle was

“@iot locked and was left in plain

view.

It is described as a green Kawa-
saki KDX 80-cc. Persons with
infgsmation are asked to call Sid-
ney RCMP or CrimeStoppers.

Ald. Wayne Hunter concurred
with Hernblad.

“I'd like to wait for the time
being and go with our improve-
ments (along Veyaness Road).
Hopefully, the main solution is
four years away (with the comple-
tion of the Interchange),”” he said.

Mayor Ron Cullis said! a possi-
ble $2,500 expenditure on a fea-
sibility study of a one-way routing
of traffic was not needed at pre-
sent.

“We have to allow ourselves the
opportunity to evaluate the work
when it is in place and then look at
the speed limit,”he said.

Cullis was responding to Hem-
blad’s recommendation that the
35-kmh speed limit along Veya-
ness Road be raised once the
walkway is in place.

Ald. Wayne Watkins said before
a one-way routing system for
trucks and a raising of the speed
limit are considered further, coun-
cil should await the reaction of
area residents to the new footpath.

Making East Saanich Road a
one-way road was not practical as
it was a heavily-used thoroughfare,
Cullis said.

“East Saanich Road just cannot
be cul-de-saced,” he said. |

Ald. Gary Valiquette agreed a
decision regarding the one-way
routing of heavy traffic along the
two roads should be deferred until
a later date.

Yet, a future “designated truck
route” for the municipality should
be seriously considered, Valiquette
said.

In other business, the public
works committee approved a rec-
ommendation to hire UMA Engi-
neering as an engineering consult-

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ant for the Stellys Crossroad
upgrading, due to start construc-
tion in 1991.

UMA was hired to undertake the
engineering services at an esti-
mated cost of $79,200, after the
receipt of five tenders.

The tenders ranged in cost from
$63,000 to $102,000 but UMA’s
bid was the most cost effective,
municipal engineer Mackey said:

The road improvements are
slated to take place along Stellys
Crossroad, between Wallace Drive
and West Saanich Road, where the
new Saanich Fair grounds and a
new middle school will be located.

“The proposal appears complete
and offers full-time resident
inspection (by the consultant) dur-
ing construction,’ Mackey’s
memorandum said.

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Fasi response limited damage

A bush fire in North Saanich
was nipped in the bud before it
could burn out of control in
extremely hazardous fire condi-
tions, Saturday.

North Saanich fire ChiefTerry
Towle said a bush fire was extin-
guished at the boundary of Dean
Park, off Dean Park Road.

“An early moming walker spot-
ted it at about 7 a.m. and saved the
day for us,” he said.

The fire was contained to an
area of about 20-X-40 feet and was
probably caused by a “careless
smoker,” he said.

“Tt could have gotten a lot worse
if someone hadn’t spotted it. It
was in an area right near some

cedar trees,” Towle said.

He added that the hot weather
has made the risk of grass fires
extreme and that parents should
take particular care in keeping an
eye on their children.

“Now that school is out, people
should know where their kids are
playing. They should really use
caution,” he said.

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