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THURSDAY, JULY 6, 2023
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VOL. 49 NO. 27
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Multi-Use Path to follow Grafton Road
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TOURNEY FOR TEUN: The 2nd Annual Teun Schut Golden Boot Memorial Tournament was held last week to honour a Father, Husband, soccer player, musician, and Bowen resident who was well-loved on the island. Teun’s daughter, Roos Schut, and wife, Marianne Schedler, joined tournament members during the friendly competition at the Community School field. To read more about the day, and see photos, check out Bowen Island FC’s recap on Page 11 of the paper. / Submitted photo
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The Multi-Use Path looks like it will be making a divergence from its original path to Grafton Lake. Director of engineering Patrick Graham suggested the changes during a presentation to council last week. The most significant alterations would take part in an upcoming phase of the Multi-Use Path’s (MUP) journey where it would travel from Charlie’s Lane to Grafton Lake. They would also impact the ending point of the phase in-progress, stretching from the MUP’s current end-point at Artisan Lane and going west to Charlie’s Lane. The prior municipal council decided on a path to the lake following Connolly Creek and eventually looping back around to Grafton Road. But Graham is now suggesting the MUP continue to follow Grafton Road as it continues to wind across the island. He had several reasons for moving the path away from the forest, focused on both difficulties of the Connolly route and benefits to the Grafton choice. Some of the issues anticipated on the original path along Connolly Creek began at the last stretch of the current phase due to the terrain of Charlie’s Lane. The small road is narrow and steep, Graham describing it as “very sketchy” during bad weather. CONTINUED ON PAGE 3