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SBNH to take over 12th Ave. daycare Former provider pulled out due to low enrolment, deficit Wanda Chow
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Andrew Feltham of the New Westminster branch of HUB would like to see improved safety for cyclists using the bike lane along Marine Way that links the Queensborough Bridge to the Big Bend industrial area. He’s submitted his proposal to the ministry of transportation and Burnaby city hall.
Seeking a safer ride through Big Bend wchow@burnabynewsleader.com
A local cycling advocacy group is calling for the missing link to be built to complete a safe bike route between New Westminster and through Burnaby to South Vancouver. Andrew Feltham, chair of the New Westminster branch of HUB (formerly the Vancouver Area Cycling Coalition), wrote
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where a crossing would be built judging by the dirt path across the over a ditch connecting the path to ditch and beside the railway yard the end of Trapp Avenue south of fence, it is already well used as an Marine Way. unofficial route. From there, cyclists and While there is a crosswalk further pedestrians could head to a west on Marine Way at North multi-use path at Meadow Avenue Fraser Way, getting there from the which takes them to existing trails bridge means cycling on Marine at Fraser Foreshore Park, along Way “which many people wouldn’t the new River District under even consider doing that, it’s very construction in Vancouver, through busy traffic-wise and high-speed the industrial area along Kent traffic,” he said. “This option Avenue and even to Richmond over separates you from traffic and takes the Canada-Line SkyTrain bridge, you down to some very pleasant and which includes a bike path. attractive cycling1:20 areas.” 4x1.25_bottle_depot_ad_final.pdf 1 12-03-05 PM Feltham said in an interview that Please see CITY, PROVINCE, A5
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to Transportation Minister Mary Polak about the proposal, which was prompted by an exploratory ride last fall by cyclists from HUB. The proposed route would run from the Queensborough Bridge ramp that connects with the south side of Marine Way/Stewardson Way. From there, a widened shoulder separated from traffic by cement barriers could be built along Marine Way, allowing for two-way bicycle traffic. The path would end at the bottom of the hill, at the edge of the fence of the Southern Railway yards,
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The child care at Twelfth Avenue elementary is back in business after South Burnaby Neighbourhood House (SBNH) came forward and was approved by school officials. The Burnaby Association for Community Inclusion (BACI) had pulled out at the end of March after more than 20 years operating the before-and-afterschool care. In a February interview, its co-executive director Tanya Sather said it had struggled with a “significant deficit” at the centre due to years of low enrolment and it hadn’t had children with special needs enrolled for some time, so it no longer met its mandate. BACI also said at the time that it was ending its operation of the out-of-school care at Suncrest elementary at the end of June, also due to a lack of special needs clients. SBNH will take over both child care centres, at Suncrest in September and Twelfth Avenue immediately, said its executive director Antonia Beck. Please see NEW, A3