Development put on ha TERRACE — A final decision Id. The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, August 25, 1993 - Page A3 ‘On a controversial development Proposal on Sunset Drive has ‘been postponed for at least two weeks. . I's the second development re- -quest made to the city to lay wait- ing for a decision. Jack and Susan Peters have asked the city to granl a develop- ment variance permit that would allow houses to be built on five lols within 11 feet of the strect — valher than the 25 fect minimum | normally required. _ The back of the praperty slopes down to Medeek, leading to the Tequest- to allow construction closer to Sunset Drive. Although -the city’s planning technician and council’s planning committee recommended ap- proval of the variance, the plan came under heavy fire at an Aug. 9 council meeting. - Neighbours told council mem- bers they were worried about swampy soll, possible erosion and the adverse effect on the ap- pearance of the street. : They also said three of the five lots should never be developed at all and should be designated as green space instead, -, Without the variance, the devel- opers have almost no chance of developing the lots, sald the city’s planning department. * The outery prompted council to send the matter back to the plan- ning commitice,’ which met last Thursday. ‘However, chairman Ruth Hal- lock was the only member of the. committee present that day. -; With: councitlors . “Danny Sheridan (city. business) and Bob Cooper :(personal- business) both ‘absent,: Hallock decided to post- pone: a, decision” until a future commliliéé’ ‘meeting “at which at least two members were present, . Assuming ‘attendance at the next commitiee’ meeting meets that requirement, any recom- “mendation: would come before council’s Monday, Sept. 13 meet- ing, tS. : Still ‘waiting. for a council deci- siogi {s a request by a developer to put in residential lots behind Howe Creek. That. plan has met with stiff yesistarice from those in the area, yesulting in several: presentations 40, Council and the collection of a. tition numbering moté than'500 * ae wee SWE i a ia on Se Sth es Big truck munches bike happened,’ she said. ‘I’m just glad to have my legs.” She said the narrow escape made for great storics at the Terrace Women’s Resource Centre, where she works. Lomak Transport Corp. man- ager Rod Ulrich said the com- the overpass, its wheeis rode up on the sidewalk, flattening the bike. Short had leapt off it an in- stant earlier when she realized what was about to happen. She dusted herself off and stood up to find the tmck gone. ‘A motorist puirsucd-the trick, = * - “The driver had no idea it - TERRACE — Gayle Short is lucky — but her bike wasn’t. Short was. waiting at a curb on the Sande Overpass on her way home from downtown Aug. 16 when her bicycle got an unexpected tune-up from a passing Lomak truck, As the transport truck tumed “1° --the ‘cdrmer southbound on to pany.-is’ buying: Short.a mew-'- DIKE se he News in brief Highway job finished A HIGHWAY IMPROVEMENT job on Hwy16 between here and Prince Rupert was finished just in time for a federal announcement saying it would help pay for the cost _ The provincial government announced the $1.1 million project to repave 19km between the Exstew railway crossing and the Kasiks River bridge the end of June, saying the work wiil be done by mid- _. August But the project came up again jasi week, just as the finishing touches were put on, when the federal and provincial governments announced 2 $60 million program to help improve highways in B.C, Fach government pays 50 per cent of the cost. The Exstew-Kasiks project was one of 30 announced over the five year life of Ihe program, Accident victim named TERRACE RCMP have identified a cyclist killed after being struck by a pick up truck on Hwy37 2km south of the airporl Aug, 14, Jerrod Christian Earle, 20, was one of two cyclists proceeding north on the highway when he was struck by the truck driven by Raymond Rene Letourneau of Terrace, Letourneau was not injured. The second cyclist was not involved in the collision. Police say their investigation is continuing. Socred hopeful visits THOSE INTERESTED in politics, even during the summer, had an opportunity to visit a leadership hopeful this past Monday. Graham Bruce, the only: person so far in the running for the leadership of the Social Credit party, was at Mount Layton Hotspr- ings as part of a northwest tour. Bruce, the Socred MLA for Cowichan-Malahat until the 1991 provincial election, has been in the northwest before. He was par- liamentary secretary to Skeena MLA Dave Parker during the first part of the Vander Zalm government’s (erm. Parker was Minister of State for the north coast as part of an abor- tive allempt to have cabinet ministers be tesponsible for portions of the province. Prisoner first to escape ROBERT WILSON has becomue the first inmate to escape from the new Terrace Regional Correctional Centre. Wilson, 19, who is serving time for robbery, Icft the minimum security centre around supper time Aug. 17, said regional correc- tions director Rob Watts last weck, Terrace RCMP were alerted as were the RCMP in Prince Rupert because Wilson has relatives in thal city, said Watts. Wilson spent the first part of his sentence at the correctional centre in Prince George and was transferred here in preparation for his release, Watis continued. He estimated that three people a year escape from the correctional | centre, Nursing meet on this week REPRESENTATIVES FROM northem post secondary institutions are in Prince George this week discussing their respeclive nursing programs. : The University of Northern B,C.’s nursing program is the first ‘“‘laddered”’ field of studies. It means students can obtain a nursing aiploma at communily colleges and then transfer to UNBC to eama legres. ‘Our programs will have a strong focus on meeting the health care needs of northern British Columbia,’’ said UNBC nursing head ‘Dr. Leslie Hardy. ‘They will place greater emphasis on primary health care and‘home.care.””..... ae oe names. : fl! ul Mirae ak he EPR (ant Es | W ants to Help Yo ut process begins. . “+Hardwired Alarms Wireless Alarms ‘intruder & Fire | +24 Hr. 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