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Several residents raised con:

-cerns about the project's envi-
‘ronmental impact, safety and
- cost during Monday’s commit.
tee-of-the-whole meeting. -
.. Tom Stamp, a resident of :
‘Mount Newton Cross Road, :
urged council to consider the a
north side, of the road for the |

walkway,
“This | isa busy road, Ifyou

havea path that winds in and
~ out of the trees, it will mean

poor visibility for both drivers

“and people on the walkway, It .

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_ JAMES CLARKE PHOTOS.

foo And while. that” ‘move has -
ee yet to be official, word has got-
| ten out and concernsare trick-
- ling back in to Central Saanich .. oe
“council chambers. “

$0849. .L

‘The elghth annual Port Sidney Floating Boat Show »
_ went off without a hitch last week, as a record
7,000+ people dropped in to check out what’s up on

_ the water. “it went great,” show manager Kathy Har-
- vey said of the four<lay event which featured 218 new

_ and brokerage boats from Canada and the U.S. valued
~at.more than $30 million. Rick irwin, of Granville ts-

. boat Narull, oe

told council members.

Haddon suggested some of
the information handed out to
people: who signed. was mis-
leading. : :

“Tam very concerned that 2
, people are basing their deci-. .:

‘sion on incorrect information,

~ and in talking to some of the

people who have signed and

_ letting them: know this —:

“many of them no longer wish

their name on the petition,” Mes

, She said.

» Council pointed out the pro- .

- posed walkway was very much

“After all, in some areas we

are talking about a wide shoul- —

der on the side of the road and

_ nothing more,” Coun, Allison .

Habkirk said, ©:
In 1993, the district hired
Michael Bocking Landscape

NA ce ;

‘would ‘make | more sense to.
build the path on! the other side
s - of the road where there are
s less trees, sneaning less impact,
better safety, and less cost,” he.

A: petition was also “pre-
“sented to council opposing the »
project, but Coun. Michelle .

in the infant stages, and asked
"residents not to be concerned.
with illusions of grandeur. .

Tune in iMay, 7
atl pm.

to. any of your local. radio — |
or tv/cal le stations |

it just may save your life.

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Pere, AGA

: “fand-based Blackfish Marine, landed the biggest sale
of the show when he closed the deal on a $400,000,

' 42-foot Carver 405 Motor Yacht on Thursday. “That
“was OK,” he panned Monday of the unexpected sale.
to an unnamed Peninsula purchaser. Pictured above,
is Port Sidney senior dock attendant Ryan Verley and
~ Inquisitive 12 youre te tertier Hale N Hele at aboard her

Architect way, alinig Mt Newton — zi
Cross Road between Malcolm — -
Road and West Saanich Road eae

‘The. Seine repor .pro-.

© posed a 2, 640-metre long; 1.55"
metre wide trail on the south’.
-side-of the: road suitable for.
pedestrians joggers, cyclists
an and horse riders.:.: oo
Back then, estimated cost of

the project was $106,700.
“In 1996, Central Saanich ap-

plied for Provincial. Capital.
‘Commission funding to help
- offset the project’s cost which,

with. inflation: allowance, had
ballooned ‘to . $151, 300 —
-$70,900 to be contributed each
‘by the District and PCC anda

further $10,000 from the Cen-.
tral Saanich Lions Club (in the
~ form of in-kind services),

The district will now seek:a

‘consultant to begin a public
consultation process in order

to gauge the level of support

for the proposal.

‘That process is expected tc to

‘be completed by the end of

June, and a written report sul
mitted (o council by mid-July.

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