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Robin Soudek of the Chilliwack Bruins jumps out of the way of a shot on Spokane Chiefs goaltender James Reid during WHL playoff action at Prospera Centre on Saturday. After two games, the Bruins are down 2-0 in the first round of the 2011 playoffs. See story on page 22. JENNA HAUCK/ PROGRESS
Round one starts for Cultus roundabout Jennifer Feinberg The Progress A new traffic roundabout is under construction near Cultus Lake. The start of the $311,360 project was delayed while changes were made to the plans, but it’s underway now.
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“Hopefully it will reduce some of the chaos in that area,” said commissioner Sacha Peter, chair of the Cultus Lake Park Board. Most of the traf fic congestion usually occurs in July and August when visitors are trying to turn left onto Sunnyside against the oncoming traffic, said the
park board official. “That gets ever yone queued up and it backs traffic up all along Columbia Valley Highway,” he said. “The primar y aim of this roundabout project is to ease that congestion.” Once built it will address the issue of traffic flow, but not capacity, “which is
something we will continue to explore,” he added. Mar tens Asphalt was awarded the contract to build a two-lane roundabout at the intersection of Sunnyside Boulevard and Columbia Valley Road, and it’s expected to be completed before the peak summer season starts.
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The federal election campaign got off to a fast start in the Chilliwack-Fraser Canyon riding this weekend. Conservative candidate Mark Strahl issued a news release Saturday, a day after the Tory minority government fell on a contempt of Parliament motion, warning the opposition that they will “pay a price for forcing the election on Canadians.” “It’s time for a Conservative majority, so these sorts of political games can’t derail our economic progress,” he said Monday in a telephone interview. Strahl said MPs should be in Ottawa working on the country’s economic action plan, rather than out stumping for votes on the campaign trail. Liberal candidate Diane Janzen said she talked to hundreds of people in the Pemberton and Chilliwack areas over the weekend, and the “common theme” she heard from voters was “what the candidate will do, not how they will bash the other guy.” There is a “huge backlog” of infrastructure needs in the riding, like a new Vedder Bridge and flood protection in the Pemberton area, she said. “That’s the kind of thing I’m hearing at the doorstep.” Janzen said she would be issuing a complete election platform Monday, similar to one she used in her successful campaign for a Chilliwack council seat. Strahl said Janzen ought to know from her council experience about the “extensive” infrastructure funding the Conservative government has made in the Chilliwack area. “I’m not going to attack anyone personally,” he said, but Janzen will have to defend the record of the federal Liberals. Strahl said while the Liberal Party leader is publicly ruling out a coalition government with the New Democrats, that’s not what happened before the last federal election in 2008 when then-Liberal Party Leader Stéphane Dion signed an accord with NDP Leader Jack Layton.