BIS TRUCKS AND fron? end load

ers were Dusy ona 13

-acre piece oF

farmiand on

Cenirai Saanich Road and Mt. St. Michael Road last week, preparing fo Build
greenhouses and warehouses for Vanireigh? Farms.

Greenhouses, not townhouses
going in on Central Saanich Rd.

No, the ecarthmovers, dump
trucks and front-end loaders aren't
preparing a.13-acre parcel of land
. for townhouses on Central Saanich

Road at Mt. St. Michael Road. _
“Everyone hopes we’re putting
a subdivision in,” : Michael‘ Van-
treight of Vantreight Farms said
Friday.
But the project which started
two weeks ago. will result in
105,000: square feetof green-

_ houses and 48,000 ‘square feet of .
ae warehouse space, Nantreight Said. .

- storage space
. cauliflower,

‘Included in the warehouse space
will be 12,800 square feet of
cooler space —.-for storing. kiwi
fruit, bulbs, rooting rooms and
for cabbage and

“Tt should. be all completed by
the
said.

The greenhouses will be. fin-

. ished and operational by mid-’

November. and Vantreight esti-
mates they will be in full produc-

tion by December. The WwW ‘arehouse ,

: _ Benches and bushes for Blossom

-Saanichton: residents who live :
“vnear Blossom: Park will: be- sur: .

_ veyed about the proposed. installa:
- tion. of low shrubs,
fences 10 deter children from play-

ing ball closé to neighboring back
yards.

a Recreation cO- ‘ordinator Bonnie a
~ Huuon told the parks and recrea-.

ion. committee Aug, 28: “Such: a
barrier. would act.as:a buffer zone,

potentially reducing stray. balls
* from landing in (Alec) Simpson’ s*

backyard, shifting active play
‘slightly: south and providing a rest
stop for walkers or becoming ”
auiractive garden area for par
VISItOrs: to. enjoy,” |

Simpson had earlier.complained. .

to council about damage to his

fence, which borders the park, and.

about bails which frequently land
‘in his backyard.
“Ald. Ed’ Hernblad said: “By

putting in benches you may find it”

will become a meeting place for
young people at lite hours,”

He suggested the: police and tire:

departments he asked lor cone
Ten, :
Parks commnltee. chigrman ALC.
Wayne Hunter said: "There are a

number of seaiors who use it and
have saida couple: benches to lean

Son would be nice,’
Hornby J offered: another solu
tion: “TS it possible to change

teeniin ob ike park Oby) adding
sorne SW, create hills Gand) make i
crm passible to play ball"

Ressitlonts Ww iN] he ask il by: stati

often. ineffective
“human. behavior and that’ a more.
~ subule means such.as the physical — |.
- arrangement of the park ‘can be-. }.
employed to obtain. the desired :

benches or,

y the.

what changes they: prefer to 0 deal |

Ww ith. the. ‘problem:

“Tris my feeling that signs “are” ©
‘for. controlling :

actions,” Hution: said.
The one-acre park has a climb-

ing apparatus but is also.used for”

scrub soccer and baseball.

end of January,” Vantreight. -j

-ot the area

will be completed later.

Packing lines and a grading
facility for kiwi fruit will ‘be part
of the.new facility:

Vantreighis have eight. men’

’ working:on the project: Top soil is

being removed from the land as
Us being leveled..The soil willbe.
put back into the greenhouses. and:

TheReview

Most ferry travelers are fOurists
and commiuters so a rapid: transit
link from: the Swarts Bay terminal
10 downtown Victoria 1 makes more

sense than bigger ferries, says

North Saanich resident Michael
MeGrath:

Increasing the number of vehi-
eles using the ferry-and the Pat
Bay Highway will only increase
the problems created by traffic
congestion and shortage of park-
ing, McGrath explains.

“The movement is essentially
people. The problem is. largely
vehicles,” the: maritime engineer
said.

If a high-speed .monorail was
built from the ferry terminal to
downtown Victoria, McGrath pre-
dicts more people would leave
their cars at home while taking

B.C. Ferries.

With present, established tech-
nology, a monorail could move
passengers between the ferry ter-

minal and’ downtown Victoria in

gravel will be used to fill the rest =

, he said.
Rezoning. was not required and.
building: permits were obtained-

from the municipality, he. said.

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Benefits would include ‘savings
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