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Trail is stepping carefully up the pathway that could lead to a new neighbourhood in the city. It’s been four months since Trail council passed a motion to proceed with the process to expand city boundaries to include 66 parcels of land in Area A, that run south through Columbia Gardens to the international border. All stakeholders and impacted parties have until Monday to submit their concerns to the city for the first step of the process, which includes proposal development and referrals. “That being said, if a letter comes in a day or two late, it would still be considered,” said David Perehudoff, Trail’s chief administrative officer. “We want to ensure that everyone is heard and all comments are considered as part of this very important part of the process.” Once Trail reviews those concerns and consults with affected property owners, the regional district and other potentially impacted agencies, the next step is for the city to identify the issues. Trail must attempt to resolve those concerns before submitting the proposal to the Ministry of Community Sport, and Cultural Development for further review. Although the city has not submitted a formal request to date, Trail council and representatives from the Beaver Valley communities met with Minister Coralee Oakes in separate talks at the municipal convention in Vancouver Sept. 16, confirmed Alison Giles, public officer for the Ministry of Community, Sport and Cultural Development. See MINISTER, Page 3
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The clean up teams are organized, Local 480 Steelworkers have been honing their barbecuing skills all summer, and the Teck and City of Trail crews will have trucks on hand ready to haul. It’s the end of September and that means that this Sunday is Rivers Day in Trail. In its first-time run with the city taking over the organization of the event the centre of operations has been moved to Jubilee Park in downtown Trail where teams and individuals will meet at 9 a.m. to be assigned areas to cover for the annual river bank clean up and gather afterwards for a free hotdog lunch and prize draws. See MAP, Page 3
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Andrea Jolly, Trail’s communications and events coordinator, met on site with city engineering technician John Howes to scope out project improvements underway.
Construction running smoothly but complaints make for bumpy ride BY VALERIE ROSSI Times Staff
Road closures and outdated electrical have pitted downtown Trail construction but impatient drivers and public complaints have been the real potholes, according to the lead engineer of the Victoria Street Corridor project. The $1.6 million infrastructure improvement between Tamarac Avenue and the Victoria Street Bridge is well into Phase 1 with perimeter work – sidewalks, curbs and gutters -- moving along. Paving that was scheduled for this week will extend into October, according to city engineering technician John Howes. He said while the job is on track, running only about two weeks behind schedule, public feedback would suggest anything but. “There has been repeated frustration by people, from those who don’t do their own research or just don’t plan ahead to people who are just frustrated with any sort of changing,” he said
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during the Trail Times site tour. “We certainly didn’t expect this level of intensity for this duration.” Traffic is flowing steady now that construction up the highway to Warfield has stopped, Howes said, adding it was tough for flaggers to manage “waves of traffic” flowing into one lane. But the city is now fielding complaints from residents who are concerned that the new “pedestrian bulbs,” bumped out sidewalks, have done away with right turning lanes on side streets like Cedar Avenue. This traffic calming measure is used to extend the sidewalk and reduce the crossing distance for pedestrians. But the curb extension has narrowed the roadway, which means drivers now have to wait in a single lane before making a right turn onto Victoria Street and continuing onto the bridge into East Trail. See WORK, Page 2
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