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Pay parking to come to Auto Mall and area JEREMY SHEPHERD jshepherd@nsnews.com
The free ride may not abide in Harbourside, following council’s decision to support new restrictions including pay parking between Bewicke Avenue and Mackay Creek.
In an effort to free up more parking spots in advance of an 800-unit development slated to be built at Harbourside over the next decade, council supported instituting pay parking and time-restricted spots in a split vote March 7. However, one councillor warned the change could be a disaster. “I think we’re in for a battle royal,” Coun. Pam Bookham advised her colleagues. “I think we’re going to hear the first outcries the moment we try to introduce this plan.” City staff weighed several options before
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OFF TO NEVERLAND! Moriah Hart-Smith as Peter Pan goes toe-to-toe with Zachary Mortimer as Captain Hook in the Mountain Theatre production of Disney’s Peter Pan. The show features a cast of 35 youngsters ages eight to 13, and runs April 7-9 at West Vancouver’s Kay Meek Studio Theatre. Tickets are $10, available at the box office or online at kaymeekcentre.com. PHOTO MIKE WAKEFIELD
Federal budget funds Lions Gate plant BRENT RICHTER brichter@nsnews.com
It’s a big-spending budget and a sizable chunk of it will be spent on some high-priority projects for the North Shore.
Finance Minister Bill Morneau delivered the 2016 federal budget in Parliament Tuesday afternoon, projecting a $29.4-billion deficit for the fiscal year ahead. Among the local highlights is $212 million towards the $700-million Lions Gate Wastewater Treatment Plant.
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Transit, affordable housing, Kits Coast Guard get funding “It feels amazing. We really needed that money,” said City of North Vancouver Mayor Darrell Mussatto, also chairman of the Metro Vancouver utilities committee. “It would have been a huge financial hit on the local taxpayers, so the support of the federal government is nothing short of amazing.” So far, the regional government has already spent
approximately $20 million on engineering, public consultation and preliminary designs for the new sewage plant, which the previous federal government mandated be online by the end of 2020. If the province comes through with its share “in the next couple months,” that deadline will still be achievable, Mussatto said. On the transportation issue, Mussatto is welcoming $3.4 billion over three years for transit upgrades. That comes with a shift from the old formula of having Ottawa, the
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