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Continued from Page A6
Jones’ letter (The Review, 12 Sept)
re the Beacon Avenue overpass.

I feel Jones is not aware of all
the facts. _

The facts are political, economic
and humanitarian.

The political facts are that in
1983 the Sidney Council expropri-
ated part of the War Memorial
Park to build what has been
described as the most expensive
piece of road in Canada, the Bevan
Avenue link.

Outraged members of the
Memorial park Society spear-
headed a campaign to prevent the
re-election of that council and
succeeded.

Mayor Sealey was deteated in
1983.

After her re-election in 1985 the
Memorial Park was made subject
to municipal taxes. An action that
I, as an alderman, foolishly sup-

At the public meeting held in
Saanich last year concerning the
overpass at Beacon, the question
was asked ““Why Beacon first,

- when Highways statistics show

that other parts of the Pat Bay are

E far more dangerous?”

* The answer was “Because Sid-

« ney asked for it.” Political pres- -
- sure was also present at that meet-
» ing with two aldermen and the
_ Mayor speaking at length at our
| public meeting in support of the
; project.

We even had a town employee,

_ who does not live in Sidney,
_ pleading for the overpass.

One of the economic facts is that

"in response to a question from me,

the late Alex Fraser, then Minister
of Highways, wrote that one of the
reasons for selecting Beacon Ave-
nue prior to such terrible hazards
such as Elk Lake etc. was quote:

~ “Because of difficult appropria-
, tion problems in those areas’:

unquote.
In other words it is easier to

_ appropriate a war memorial than a

garage, especially with the support

- of the mayor.

On the humanitarian issue, we

- must eliminate the real hazards of

the Pat Bay. I will support an
overpass at Beacon but only when
the more than one hundred private

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driveways that enter the so-called
‘freeway are sealed off;

When such unbelievable haz-
ards such as McDonald Park Road
are not allowed to exist; when
Amity and Tanner are closed;
when turns across high speed traf-
fic at Keating Cross Road are
eliminated.

An overpass should be built at
Beacon Avenue only when other
and much more dangerous death
spots on our Pat Bay highway are
made safe, really safe.

Is Mr. Jones suggesting that
more tragedies should occur at
other more dangerous parts of the
Highway in order to complete the
destruction of a War Memorial
Park?

Just the facts Bob!

Cy Relph Former alderman

Sidney
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Comics please

Editor:
Dear Review, I wish you could
put comics for kids in every news-

paper.
Erick McBride
Sidney

Speeders unsafe

TheReview Wednesday, September 26,1990 — A8

It would probably improve their
health and help the environment if
they walked or cycled instead of
being taxied to school.

Perhaps the parents feel it is
unsafe for them to walk or cycle
because of other drivers who

9

If parents believe it is necessary

(and not just convenient) to drive

their children to school, there is no
valid excuse for speeding. The
article gave an obvious reason for
speeding: “to get the kids to
school on time.”

Perhaps it is being in a rush:
perhaps it is simply not believing
that speed limits serve a purpose.

Regardless of the reason; parents
Continued on Page Al0

Editor:

I was angry and disgusted after
reading that the police found such
a high incidence of speeding in
school zones and that “almost all
the violators were parents.”’ (The
Review, Sept. 12)

Why are parents driving their
children to school in the first
place? Are the children too busy
watching television or just too lazy
to walk or cycle?

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