al News Consultant advocates frontage roads | by Valorie Lennox The Review North Saanich highways con- sultant Derek Wild strongly advo- cated frontage roads on both sides of the Pat Bay Highway Monday, despite council’s continuing oppo- sition to the idea. Although North Saanich council objected to frontage roads when they were first proposed by the Ministry of Highways and again voted against using Swartz Bay Road as a frontage road earlier this month, Wild said roads between Lands End/Tryon and. McDonald Park/Wain are essential. In his draft report to council, Wild predicted the Wain Road intersection will become unworka- ble and be closed by the Ministry of Highways within the next 10 years. : Within six years he estimated waits of seven minutes at the intersection plus long queues of highway traffic at the signal light. That congestion will make left- hand tums by local traffic on and off the highway extremely hazard- ous, he said. Once the Wain Road intersec- tion is closed, Wild predicted an interchange at John Road. At that point, people living in the Swartz Bay Road and Curteis Point areas will be forced on a five-k detour down the highway, Five arrested The Mounties got their men but frustrations with the Young Offen- ders Act could mean light sentenc- es if theyre found guilty. Five youths between the ages of 13 and 15 years were arrested by ‘Sidney RCMP and face charges related to eight residential break- ins during a three-day period Nov. 12-14, Sidney RCMP said. Two.of the youths were caught inside the basement of a house on Beaufort Road, off Third Street in Sidney about 1:15 p.m. Nov. 14, after a resident in the area noticed suspicious activity and phoned - police. All five were arrested and held in custody, then appeared in court Nov. 15 and were released to parents with a promise to appear for plea in Sidney provincial court Dec. 5. Sidney RCMP Sgt. Andy Rose- quist said “I think breaking into someone’s home is a most serious offense and I hope the public and the judicial system will take it ” seriously as well.” _ However, because all the sus- pects are under the age of 18, they will be tried under regulations set out in the Young Offenders Act. The act also prohibits release of the suspects’ names. The maximum penalty for per- sons found guilty of residential break-ins is three years under the act, while adults found guilty can face a maximum penalty of life in prison, Rosequist said. “It’s getting to be such a serious problem with young offenders today,” Rosequist said. “They’re responsible for so much crime and POWER PROBLEM Just in time ter winter ECeace| sterms, We offer clean, silent emergency power for your home! Cail us now, befcre the poweyx goes out, for your own PERSONAL POWER COMPANY. 'NERGY LTERNATIVES through the John Road interchange and back down the highway in order to travel between their homes and the ferry terminal, Wild said. _ ~That’s a lot of gasoline being used,” he added. The detour will most affect people who have chosen to live in those areas near the ferry terminal because they work at the terminal, Wild noted: He recommended’ 16-foot- wide, single lane frontage roads on both sides of the highway, one from Lands End Road to Wain Road and one from Tryon Road to “McDonald Park Road. The roads would allow local traffic to avoid using the highway and would also provide alternate access to emergency vehicles, Wild said. Ald. Bill Turner said the choice was between homes and transpor- tation. “Should we remove houses (on the frontage road nght-of-way) for more convenient travel or have inconvenient travel and let people remain in their homes?” Tumer asked. Even if the frontage roads are not constructed now, Wild recom- mended North Saanich council - ask the Ministry of Highways to purchase the required right-of-way. Council should also get a com- mitment from highways that the province will build the frontage roads if they are required, Wild for break-ins I see a real problem with the present legislation.” Rosequist said he’d like to “see the community rally together and say we have a problem and we have to do something about it.” “We have crime you’d expect in an urban area,” he said. “I don’t agree with throwing them in jail but we have to educate them and teach them to be responsible mem- bers of society. “Right now we are not able to deter young people from doing these things.” Rosequist said he’s open to suggestions on how to deal with the problem. He acknowledged that “95 per cent of the young people are good citizens.” “Perhaps they could be dealt with by their peer group.” : : 5 : E H A 5 : : i THE PRESTIGE PLACE OF QUALICUM BEACH e CATERER to QUEEN ELIZABETH II e AUTHENTIC DUTCH ATMOSPHERE said. He said the Ministry of High- ways has now stated that if the frontage roads are not included in the current project, North Saanich may have to cover the construction costs if the frontage roads are needed in the future. “If you’re going to need that frontage road extension in seven years time, you may as well get highways to get it now,’ Wild said. Asked by Ald. Dee Bailin to critique the safety of the Ministry of Highways design, Wild said the Ministry has made the Lands Road interchange as tight as possible to minimize land use in the area. Given that B.C. Ferries is bring- ing in superferries and the increased traffic must travel through a residential area, Wild said the safest option for residents would be frontage roads. The Ministry of Highways’ plans are driven by the demands of the superferries, Wild added. __ “They re trying to make the changes for the superferries in 1993. That’s their objective.” Ald. Dee Bailin asked Wild to comment on the Curteis Point residents’ proposal to retain the traffic light at the intersection. Wild said a signalized intersec- tion at Lands End Road would become unworkable within a year Or two, an opinion which was disputed by Curteis Point spokes- man George Grover: Ald. Dee Bailin recommended council again write the Ministry of Highways listing the community’s objections to the project. A letter listing objections to the project was sent by council to the Ministry on Nov. 19. Ald. Ross Imrie said council should have more to relay than objections before sending another letter. “We've got to try and steer this some way. We just can’t say “we don’t like it, improve it’,” he said. 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